garden apartment

Meaning

Noun

• A detached mother-in-law apartment or cottage on the same parcel as the main house.
• One of a set of low-rise apartment buildings built among landscaped grounds and often arranged around courtyards that are open at one end.
• An urban apartment in a multistory building located at or below ground level.

Related

Similar words

• in-law unit
• back house

Origin

• So called since this form of housing is usually a cottage built in a home's back yard garden area.