fourplex

noun

four·​plex ˈfȯr-ˌpleks How to pronounce fourplex (audio)
: a building that contains four separate apartments

Examples of fourplex in a Sentence

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The apartment is on the second floor of a fourplex, up a windowless staircase. Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 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 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 Under Shepherd — who was based in Austin and is now in Boise, Idaho — the fourplex has been overseen by third-party property managers. Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2022 See All Example Sentences for fourplex

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 5 Jul. 2026.

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