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penthouse

[ pent-hous ]

noun

plural penthouses
  1. an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
  2. any specially designed apartment on an upper floor, especially the top floor, of a building.
  3. a structure on a roof for housing elevator machinery, a water tank, etc.
  4. Also called pent, a shed with a sloping roof, or a sloping roof, projecting from a wall or the side of a building, as to shelter a door.
  5. any rooflike shelter or overhanging part.
  6. Court Tennis. a corridor having a slanted roof and projecting from three walls of the court.


penthouse

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noun

  1. a flat or maisonette built onto the top floor or roof of a block of flats
  2. a construction on the roof of a building, esp one used to house machinery
  3. a shed built against a building, esp one that has a sloping roof
  4. real tennis the roofed corridor that runs along three sides of the court
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of penthouse1

First recorded in 1520–30; alteration (by folk etymology) of Middle English pentis, from Old French apentiz, equivalent to apent, past participle of apendre “to hang against†+ -iz ( French -is ), from unattested Vulgar Latin -Äå³ÙÄ«³¦¾±³Ü³¾, noun use of neuter of unattested -Äå³ÙÄ«³¦¾±³Ü²õ, equivalent to Latin -Äå³Ù(³Ü²õ) past participle suffix + -Ä«³¦¾±³Ü²õ adjective suffix; appendant, -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of penthouse1

C14 pentis (later penthouse, by folk etymology), from Old French apentis, from Late Latin appendicium appendage, from Latin appendere to hang from; see appendix
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The design of the coin is based on one of Lennon's most famous portrait photographs, taken on the roof of his penthouse in New York City, six years before he was shot dead.

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Police reports obtained by News4, an NBC affiliate in the nation's capital, indicated that the alleged altercation began at a luxury penthouse apartment last Wednesday.

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By the time he was arrested at his Manhattan penthouse in 2008, he had been swindling customers for decades through his wealth management firm.

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In New York City, a penthouse unit in the tallest residential building in the world found a deep-pocketed buyer.

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The Irish sports star previously told the court he had consensual sex with Ms Hand in a penthouse at the Beacon Hotel.

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