block of flats

English

Noun

block of flats (plural blocks of flats)

1. A residential building consisting of apartments.
   • 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     The train service on this circuitous route to the City was withdrawn during the 1914-1918 war, and never restored.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.

Synonyms

• apartment building

Translations

apartment building — see apartment building