Garden-apartment definition

A detached mother-in-law apartment or cottage on the same parcel as the main house.

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One of a set of low-rise apartment buildings built among landscaped grounds and often arranged around courtyards that are open at one end.

A garden apartment complex.

noun

A ground-floor unit in an apartment complex that has access to landscaped ground or a patio.

noun

A low-rise apartment building, often one in a complex, having extensive areas of lawn or landscaping.

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A unit within such a building or complex.

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Other Word Forms

Singular:

garden-apartment

Plural:

garden-apartments

So called since this form of housing is usually a cottage built in a home's back yard garden area.

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