LIVING QUARTERS

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does living quarters mean? 

• LIVING QUARTERS (noun)
  The noun LIVING QUARTERS has 1 sense:

1. housing available for people to live in

  Familiarity information: LIVING QUARTERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIVING QUARTERS (noun)

Meaning:

Housing available for people to live in

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

living quarters; quarters

Context examples:

he found quarters for his family / I visited his bachelor quarters

Hypernyms ("living quarters" is a kind of...):

housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "living quarters"):

accommodation (living quarters provided for public convenience)

diggings; digs; domiciliation; lodgings; pad (temporary living quarters)

dorm; dormitory; hall; residence hall; student residence (a college or university building containing living quarters for students)

fo'c'sle; forecastle (living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed)

hareem; harem; seraglio; serail (living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household)

military quarters (living quarters for personnel on a military post)