Search Result for "dwelling_house":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. housing that someone is living in;
- Example: "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
- Example: "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
[syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dwelling \Dwell"ing\, n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile. [1913 Webster] Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. --Jer. xlix. 33. [1913 Webster] God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building. Dwelling place, place of residence. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dwelling house n 1: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house]