"garden apartment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: garden apartments [plural]
Etymology: So called since this form of housing is usually a cottage built in a home's back yard garden area. Head templates: {{en-noun}} garden apartment (plural garden apartments)
  1. A detached mother-in-law apartment or cottage on the same parcel as the main house.
    Sense id: en-garden_apartment-en-noun-lo0-M7cx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 34 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 34 29
  2. One of a set of low-rise apartment buildings built among landscaped grounds and often arranged around courtyards that are open at one end.
    Sense id: en-garden_apartment-en-noun-oLGenrU4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 34 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 34 29
  3. An urban apartment in a multistory building located at or below ground level.
    Sense id: en-garden_apartment-en-noun-8RuZ~eN6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 34 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 34 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: in-law unit, back house

Inflected forms

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