Penthouse (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural pent·hous·es [pent-hou-ziz]. /ˈpɛntˌhaʊ zɪz/.
  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. 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. shed roof.
  7. a corridor having a slanted roof and projecting from three walls of the court.
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. the roofed corridor that runs along three sides of the court
Penthouse (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

More Definitions