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Word Meanings - APARTMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding. 2. A set or suite of rooms. De Quincey. 3. A compartment. Pope.

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  • SEPARATISM
    The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.
  • FIELD
    The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules , while the fess is argent . 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity
  • FIELDING
    The act of playing as a fielder.
  • DIVISIONARY
    Divisional.
  • HOUSEWIFE
    A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
  • SEPARATIVE
    Causing, or being to cause, separation. "Separative virtue of extreme cold." Boyle.
  • DIVISIONALLY
    So as to be divisional.
  • FIELDY
    Open, like a field. Wyclif.
  • HOUSEWARMING
    A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.
  • COMPARTMENT
    One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads. (more info) 1. One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or
  • HOUSEBOTE
    Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
  • ROOMSOME
    Roomy. Evelyn.
  • HOUSEROOM
    Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.
  • SEPARATICAL
    Of or pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical. Dr. T. Dwight.
  • APARTMENT HOUSE
    A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.
  • APARTNESS
    The quality of standing apart.
  • FIELDPIECE
    A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.
  • SEPARATORY
    Separative. Cheyne.
  • HOUSEWIFELY
    Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent. A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott.
  • HOUSEMAID
    A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee , a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who
  • PACKHOUSE
    Warehouse for storing goods.
  • HOMEFIELD
    Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
  • WAREHOUSE
    A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.
  • POSTHOUSE
    1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
  • INSEPARATE
    Not separate; together; united. Shak.
  • HENHOUSE
    A house or shelter for fowls.
  • SLAUGHTERHOUSE
    A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
  • TRUGGING-HOUSE
    A brothel. Robert Greene.
  • FULL HOUSE
    A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.
  • INFIELD
    To inclose, as a field.
  • WATCHHOUSE
    1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
  • TIRING-HOUSE
    A tiring-room. Shak.
  • GREENHOUSE
    A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
  • MISDIVISION
    Wrong division.
  • HOTHOUSE
    A heated room for drying green ware. (more info) 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. Shak.
  • BEADHOUSE; BEDEHOUSE
    An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
  • WASHHOUSE
    An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.

 

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