'Penthouse' definitions:
Definition of 'penthouse'
(from WordNet)
noun
An apartment located on the top floors of a building
Definition of 'Penthouse'
From: GCIDE
- Penthouse \Pent"house`\, n. [A corruption of pentice.] A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. "The penthouse of his eyes." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Penthouse'
From: GCIDE
- Penthouse \Pent"house`\, a. Leaning; overhanging. "Penthouse lid." --Shak. "My penthouse eyebrows." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'penthouse'
From: GCIDE
- Lean-to \Lean"-to`\, n.
- 1. (Arch.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall. [1913 Webster]
- The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A crude, usually temporary shelter comprising a lean-to roof braced against any convenient support, as a wall, a tree or a pole. The roof may extend all the way to the ground. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'penthouse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adobe house,
- apartment,
- building,
- casa,
- ceiling,
- chambers,
- cliff dwelling,
- cold-water flat,
- consulate,
- country house,
- country seat,
- dacha,
- deanery,
- duplex apartment,
- dwelling house,
- Dymaxion house,
- eaves,
- edifice,
- embassy,
- erection,
- fabric,
- farm,
- farmhouse,
- flat,
- garden apartment,
- hall,
- house,
- houseboat,
- housetop,
- lake dwelling,
- lantern,
- living machine,
- lodge,
- manor house,
- manse,
- overhead,
- parsonage,
- plafond,
- prefabricated house,
- presidential palace,
- railroad flat,
- ranch house,
- rectory,
- ridgepole,
- roof,
- roof garden,
- roof-deck,
- roofage,
- roofing,
- roofpole,
- rooftop,
- rooftree,
- set of rooms,
- shingles,
- skylight,
- skyscraper,
- slates,
- sod house,
- split-level,
- structure,
- suite,
- tenement,
- tiles,
- top,
- town house,
- vicarage,
- White House