dwelling
A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
Example
“The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.”
Synonyms
- home
- abode
A kind of
- housing
Kinds of dwelling
- cliff dwelling
- pile dwelling
- dug-out
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "dwellynge".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dwelling” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.