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block of flats

block of flats noun: a residential building consisting of apartments.

Noun

block of flats (plural blocks of flats)

  1. A residential building consisting of apartments.
    • The train service on this circuitous route to the City was withdrawn during the 1914-1918 war, and never restored. The track between Addison Road and Ravenscourt Park was removed, and the site is now occupied by blocks of flats.1947 May and June, “Richmond-Ludgate Hill Train, London & South Western Railway, at Addison Road Station About 75 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page unnumbered (frontispiece)
    • The crowning glory of the property developments was then built in 1927-29 as a luxury block of flats above Baker Street […]. Chiltern Court became the home of authors H G Wells and Arnold Bennett.2024 January 24, Stefanie Foster, “Metro-land's legacy for today's railway”, in RAIL, number 1001, pages 58-59

Synonyms of block of flats

Forms of block of flats

pluralblocks of flats

Questions about block of flats

What does block of flats mean?
Block of flats means a residential building consisting of apartments.
What part of speech is block of flats?
Block of flats is a noun.
What is the plural of block of flats?
The plural of block of flats is blocks of flats.

Words near block of flats in the dictionary

  1. block macromolecule
  2. block macromolecules
  3. block model
  4. block models
  5. block of chocolate
  6. block of flats
  7. block off
  8. block ornament
  9. block ornaments
  10. block out
  11. block parties

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