Apartment building
Apartment building noun - A building that is divided into apartments.
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Synonyms for Apartment building
Flat and apartment building are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flat" instead a noun phrase "Apartment building".
Flat
Flat noun - A room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place.
Usage example: had to take on a third roommate in order to afford the bigger flat
Apartment building and flat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apartment building" instead a noun "Flat".
Both terms in one sentence
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In "The Lodger" the Doctor uncovers an alien time-distortion device similar to the TARDIS in the upstairs flat of a British apartment building.
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Chekhov's Gun: The Union Jack draped over the side of the apartment building ends up saving Moses when he blows up his flat.
Source: Film / Attack the Block - That key has six flats, from which the title creates a pun with the "apartment building" definition of "flat".
Source: Pun Based Title / Music
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Flat and Apartment building. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apartment_building/flat
Apartment building & Flat. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/apartment_building/flat>.
Flat or Apartment building. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/apartment_building/flat.
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