| apartment | 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. 2. A set or suite of rooms. 3. A compartment. Origin: F. Appartement; cf. It. Appartamento, fr. Appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. Ad + pars, partis, part. See Apart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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