penthouse
118
3.9
- noun
- /ˈpɛnthaʊs/
:
ático
- After years of saving, she finally moved into her dream penthouse overlooking the beach.
This is at their drug lab in the penthouse on Sunset Blvd.
- This is at their drug lab in the penthouse on Sunset Blvd.
- I'm going to have, I'm going to have a, a penthouse filled with strippers.
- Is it the penthouse listing in Hooby Deal Upscale marketplace?
- They have a presidential penthouse golden crib.
- And by the way, my brain, your brain is much more valuable than some Airbnb penthouse you could have.
Examples
-
Dinner parties at his penthouse apartment were elegant affairs of good food and fine wines.
Academic text (1992) -
We can honestly say that we would have traded our one night in this penthouse for one mask free, pandemic free get together with loved ones.
-
It's the penthouse across the street, right?
-
Now, I originally wanted to buy a penthouse unit and have a BMW.
-
I bought a penthouse condominium, you know, and paid cash for it.
-
He's living in a Bahamas penthouse apartment with a bunch of his friends.
-
Seth greeted the penthouse receptionist, who offered them a seat, coffee, and a sympathetic smile.
Fiction book (1995) -
The hedge fund manager purchased a luxurious penthouse on Central Park South that offers stunning views of the city.
-
He invited his friends to his new penthouse, where they enjoyed drinks on the spacious terrace.
How Luxurious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Penthouse comes from an old word pentice, which was a small building with a sloping roof, from pente meaning 'slope'. These little 'pentice' rooms were often built on the top of houses, so penthouse came to mean an apartment on the top floor with great views.