- apartment
- noun1 (esp. AmE) a flatADJECTIVE▪ large, spacious▪ cramped, small, tiny▪ cozy (AmE)▪ comfortable, luxury▪ dingy, shabby▪
Colin lives in a dingy one-room apartment with his pet turtles.
▪ modern▪ one-bedroom, two-bedroom, etc., one-bedroomed, two-bedroomed, etc. (BrE)▪ studio▪ first-floor, second-floor, etc.▪ downstairs, upstairs▪the people who live in the upstairs apartment
▪ basement, loft, penthouse▪ high-rise▪Larger cities have many high-rise apartments.
▪ rental (AmE), rented▪ empty▪ holiday, self-catering (both BrE)VERB + APARTMENT▪ buy▪ lease, rent, sublet▪We will be renting the apartment for a year.
▪ live in, share, stay in▪I share an apartment with two friends.
▪ look for▪I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city.
▪ find▪ move into, move out of▪ clean, decorate, furnish, renovateAPARTMENT + NOUN▪ block (BrE), building (AmE), complex, house (AmE)▪high-rise apartment buildings
▪ living▪ dweller▪Apartment dwellers can participate in community gardens.
2 apartments (BrE) set of roomsADJECTIVE▪ private, royal, state▪the private apartments of the imperial family
Collocations dictionary. 2013.