Usually means: Luxurious apartment on top floor.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. penthouse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. penthouse: Merriam-Webster
  3. penthouse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. penthouse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. penthouse: Collins English Dictionary
  6. penthouse: Vocabulary.com
  7. Penthouse, penthouse: Wordnik
  8. penthouse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. penthouse: Wiktionary
  10. penthouse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. penthouse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. penthouse: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. penthouse: Dictionary.com
  14. penthouse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. penthouse: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Penthouse (Australian TV series), Penthouse (Mexican TV series), Penthouse (album), Penthouse (disambiguation), Penthouse (film), Penthouse (magazine), Penthouse, The Penthouse (Seattle), The Penthouse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Penthouse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. penthouse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. penthouse: Rhymezone
  20. penthouse, penthouse (het): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. penthouse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. penthouse: FreeDictionary.org
  23. penthouse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. penthouse: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Penthouse: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. penthouse: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. penthouse: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. penthouse: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Penthouse, penthouse: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Penthouse: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Roofing Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (now historical) A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather.
noun:  (by extension, now rare) Something forming a shelter or canopy over something; an awning, shelter, etc.
noun:  (tennis) Any of the sloping roofs at the side of a real tennis court.
noun:  An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views.
verb:  (transitive) To provide with a penthouse, shelter by means of a shed sloping from a wall, or anything similar.

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