(n.) A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.
(n.) A set or suite of rooms.
(n.) A compartment.
Example Sentences:
(1) Angiopathic and traumatic influences conditioned by metabolism, apart from local peculiarities are taken into consideration.
(2) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
(3) Apart from their pathogenic significance, these results may have some interest for the clinical investigation of patients with joint diseases.
(4) Each subject received, on 2 separate days 1 week apart, an intravenous injection of either placebo or urapidil (25 or, if necessary, 50 mg).
(5) Many Cornish people believe the far south-west of England is a nation apart from the rest of Britain.
(6) The three-year-old comes into the kitchen for a drink, and as Steve opens the fridge, I can see it contains nothing apart from a half-full bottle of milk.
(7) We continue to work closely with Pacific partner countries and regional organisations to build resilience and manage the impacts of climate change on economic development.” Aluka Rakin, director of Youth to Youth in Health in Majuro, said the organisation’s clinic is falling apart.
(8) At discharge, 58% were living with their families, 23% were living in group homes, 12% were in supervised apartments and 5% were in an alternative rehabilitation centre.
(9) It is the combination of his company's pan-African and industrialist vision – reminiscent of the aspirations of African independence pioneers like Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah – and its relentless financial growth that has set Dangote apart.
(10) The residual values were positively correlated in parent-offspring pairs and among sibs, both those presumed to be living together and those presumed to be living apart.
(11) I personally felt grateful that British TV set itself apart from its international rivals in this way, not afraid to challenge, to stretch the mind and imagination.
(12) One may speculate whether clinical conditions exist--apart from hereditary retinal dystrophies--in which the retina becomes more sensitive to light from strong artificial or natural sources, which are otherwise innoxious.
(13) In recent years, apart from these well known risks, the immuno-suppressive effect of blood transfusions has been observed and thereby the possible adverse influence on the prognosis in cases of malignant disease.
(14) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
(15) Far from securing the regime change they were seeking, the creditors now find that Syriza is being supported by all Greek political parties apart from the communists and the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn.
(16) They were placed less than 5 m apart, and estimation of the pollen amount was made on a day-to-day basis during the pollen seasons, and on a weekly basis outside the seasons.
(17) Apart from the interposition of the colon between the liver and the diaphragm, no other pathological changes were found.
(18) I had to beg to stay in the apartment I was living in at the time for another night.
(19) There were no major differences in blood composition, apart from increases in blood urea N, as a result of N fertilization.
(20) cDNA was prepared by reverse transcription of peripheral blood mRNA and amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using primers corresponding to sequences 400 bp apart on the cDNA, spanning the last three exons (X, Y, Z) of the beta-Sp gene.
Penthouse
Definition:
(n.) A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively.
(a.) Leaning; overhanging.
Example Sentences:
(1) While Hefner's pinups were dubbed Playmates, Guccione's centrefold models – whom he sometimes photographed himself – were named Penthouse Pets.
(2) Or Malcolm McDowell’s performance in the semi-pornographic 1979 film Caligula, produced by Penthouse supremo Bob Guccione .
(3) There was how he was responsible for one of the most jaw-droppingly crazy moments in deposition history where he responded to the question "is this your handwriting" with a rambling, lurid riff more suitable for a Penthouse letter section than the courtroom.
(4) Behind these slogans rises a concrete lift shaft that will soon service some of the most expensive penthouses in London.
(5) • Where to stay: Ipanema Penthouse (three-bedroom flats from $250 a night, including maid service).
(6) Although Penthouse published some quality writing by authors including Philip Roth and Joyce Carol Oates, Guccione purposely went downmarket from Playboy with racier news stories, scandal coverage and tabloid headlines.
(7) Rob Tincknell, who runs the Battersea Power Station Development Company, set up by the Malaysian consortium, says the proposal – to fill the power station with shops, offices, luxury apartments and £30m-plus penthouses, and surround it with yet more apartment blocks, all designed by star architects Lord Foster and Frank Gehry – “was the last chance to save it”.
(8) But estate agency gossip, he said, suggested a Saudi prince was paying £7,000 a week for a penthouse on Park Lane .
(9) Last November, she joined St Edward where, as deputy project manager, she is responsible for the construction of 206 luxury flats and penthouses at the Strand development.
(10) In the penthouses, alarm clocks can be set to slowly open the skylights to the sound of soothing music, and artworks rotate to reveal TV screens.
(11) She posed naked in London's Reform Club for Penthouse magazine, and published a book of photographs under the title Rock Stars In Their Underpants, which was described by Andy Warhol as "the greatest work of art in the last decade".
(12) A penthouse one of London's landmark property developments is set to become the capital's most valuable apartment after changing hands for a reported £140m.
(13) He has a flat in Abbey Mill on his books a the moment – a three-bedroom penthouse for £265,000.
(14) Madoff was arrested at his Manhattan penthouse five years ago last month after his $20bn scam came to light.
(15) The clan of Gabon's late leader Omar Bongo and its current leader, his son Ali Bongo; the Congo-Brazzaville leader, Denis Sassou-Nguesso and his family, and President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea and his clan are accused of having assets worth €160m in France , from penthouses and villas to scores of bank accounts and luxury car fleets.
(16) Longtime resident Jeannie Saunders, whose home is a four-cube penthouse, says that Habitat will always be a “a community, where people have a feeling of friendship with neighbours, a special place to live”.
(17) His rides across Tehran carry him from penthouse to pavement, from the miserable teenage soldiers staking out a decadent party to the lonesome playboy adrift in his parents' apartment.
(18) Vitamin Water can cure cancer Rohan Oza went to Harrow School, but can now be found residing in his luxury hillside penthouse overlooking Los Angeles, thanks to the product that distills fear marketing into a single bottle of sugary water.
(19) Penthouses in the lavish Battersea Power Station redevelopment are expected to go on sale – most likely to overseas buyers – for £30m.
(20) Relaxing in his opulent Thames-side penthouse apartment, the only BBC presenter to be openly critical of the former BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas in the wake of the "Sachsgate" affair is as garrulous as ever.