Usually means: Luxurious top-floor apartment units.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word penthouses:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. penthouses: Merriam-Webster
  2. penthouses: Collins English Dictionary
  3. penthouses: Vocabulary.com
  4. Penthouses, penthouses: Wordnik
  5. penthouses: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. penthouses: Wiktionary
  7. penthouses: Dictionary.com
  8. penthouses: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. penthouses: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. penthouses: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. penthouses: Encyclopedia

(Note: See penthouse as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (penthouse)

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.
▸ Also see penthouse


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