Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An apartment or dwelling situated on the roof of a building.
- noun A residence, often with a terrace, on the top floor or floors of a building.
- noun A structure housing machinery on the roof of a building.
- noun A shed or sloping roof attached to the side of a building or wall.
- noun Sports The sloping roof that rises from the inner wall to the outer wall surrounding three sides of the court in court tennis, off which the ball is served.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In artillery, a frame structure sometimes used to protect a sea-coast gun-carriage from continuous severe weather: so made that it can quickly be put in place or removed.
- noun A shed or sloping roof projecting from a main wall or the side or end of a building, and sometimes constructed over a door or window to protect it from the weather; an appentice. See also cut under
appentice . - noun Anything resembling a penthouse, or occupying the same relative position with regard to something else.
- To provide with a penthouse or sloping roof; shelter or protect by means of a shed sloping from the wall, or of something resembling it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively.
- adjective Leaning; overhanging.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
outhouse or otherstructure (especially one with a sloping roof) attached to the outside wall of abuilding . - noun An
apartment orsuite on the top floor of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious. - noun Any of the sloping roofs at the side of a
real tennis court .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an apartment located on the top floors of a building
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As a result of this gradual demotion to lower levels on the world’s luxury meters, the word penthouse may no longer suffice for that knock-me-out top-floor apartment.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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As a result of this gradual demotion to lower levels on the world’s luxury meters, the word penthouse may no longer suffice for that knock-me-out top-floor apartment.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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On the market less than one-week, this Lincoln Square penthouse is priced at a staggering $34.5 million.
Lincoln Square Penthouse On Market For $34.5 Million (PHOTOS) Grace Green 2010
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Knight Frank With five ensuite bedrooms, a hammam and Jacuzzi, a private elevator, numerous balconies and terraces, and a Grand Piano as standard, the penthouse is made for a king.
Du Parc Penthouse 2010
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On the market less than one-week, this Lincoln Square penthouse is priced at a staggering $34.5 million.
Lincoln Square Penthouse On Market For $34.5 Million (PHOTOS) Grace Green 2010
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Yes | No | Report from hawg daddy wrote 34 weeks 1 hour ago penthouse is the way to go
After reading about Sarah Palin in the "Message Boards" I've got 1 question. 2009
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Knight Frank The penthouse is listed with Knight Frank, starting at 19.7 million Swiss francs ($20.2 million).
Du Parc Penthouse 2010
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On the market less than one-week, this Lincoln Square penthouse is priced at a staggering $34.5 million.
Lincoln Square Penthouse On Market For $34.5 Million (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Grosvenor says the penthouse is selling for HK$25,000 a square foot or about HK$208. 6 million (US$26. 9 million).
High design in Hong Kong Cathy Yan 2010
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Yes | No | Report from hawg daddy wrote 34 weeks 1 hour ago penthouse is the way to go
After reading about Sarah Palin in the "Message Boards" I've got 1 question. 2009
chained_bear commented on the word penthouse
In castle architecture, a covered passage, built of stout timber and covered with raw hides, which protected soldiers or workmen when constructing a sap or mine within the range of the enemy, or those building a causeway across a ditch, or hacking with picks and axes at the footing or lower face of a wall.
August 26, 2008