garden apartment

== English == === Etymology === So called since this form of housing is usually a cottage built in a home's back yard garden area. === Noun === garden apartment (plural garden apartments) 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. a garden apartment complex An urban apartment in a multistory building located at or below ground level. ==== Synonyms ==== in-law unit back house