apartment building

noun

: a building containing separate residential apartments

called also apartment house

Examples of apartment building in a Sentence

We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.

Recent Examples on the Web

Every Thursday and Sunday at noon, dozens of people gather outside an apartment building in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Across the country, the preliminary assessment identified damage to seven hotels, 13 churches, 26 government buildings and four residential apartment buildings, in addition to the homes, schools and healthcare facilities already counted. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

Still, as time passes, the apartment building that inspired my venture into lock picking is becoming less of a mystery to me. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

The gunman was firing from east to west under the construction scaffolding, which stretches the length of three apartment buildings. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for apartment building

• boatbuilding
• outbuilding
• rebuilding
• roadbuilding
• shipbuilding
• upbuilding
• bodybuilding
• gilding

Kids Definition

apartment building

noun

: a building containing several individual apartments