Dictionary entry details
• DWELLING (noun)
Meaning:
Housing that someone is living in
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
dwelling; dwelling house; abode; domicile; habitation; home
Context examples:
he built a modest dwelling near the pond / they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
Hypernyms ("dwelling" is a kind of...):
housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)
Meronyms (parts of "dwelling"):
bath; bathroom (a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet)
kitchen (a room equipped for preparing meals)
family room (a recreation room in a private house)
dressing room (a room in which you can change clothes)
dining room; dining-room (a room used for dining)
dinette (a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining)
den (a room that is comfortable and secluded)
bedchamber; bedroom; chamber; sleeping room (a room used primarily for sleeping)
front room; living room; living-room; parlor; parlour; sitting room (a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dwelling"):
cliff dwelling (a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff)
vacation home (a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation)
semi-detached house (a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side)
messuage ((law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household)
indian lodge; lodge (any of various native American dwellings)
lake dwelling; pile dwelling (dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages)
house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)
homestead (dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land)
hermitage (the abode of a hermit)
fireside; hearth (home symbolized as a part of the fireplace)
fixer-upper (a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price))
condo; condominium (one of the dwelling units in a condominium)
yurt (a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing)
