Definition of FOURPLEX
: a building that contains four separate apartments
Examples of fourplex in a Sentence
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Guthrie’s rented flat, in a converted fourplex at 6107 S.E. 92nd Ave.
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oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2023
Police responded to a call of a child shot shortly after 11 a.m. at a fourplex in the Central City neighborhood.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 25 Nov. 2022
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who has sought to get a city fourplex law passed since last year, is now trying to rework the legislation in a way that would either get the mayor’s support or secure a veto-proof majority from his colleagues.
—J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2022
Firefighters found a woman and dog dead on Wednesday after responding to a fire at a fourplex near University and McClintock drives in Tempe.
—Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of fourplex was in 1952
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“Fourplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fourplex. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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