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Pronunciation spelling of home. [One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace.]
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Abbreviation of accommodation. [(chiefly Britain, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.]
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Obsolete form of abode. [(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.]
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Alternative form of abiding-place [The place where one abides; a permanent dwelling-place.]
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a place of rest; a resting-place.
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(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
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Obsolete spelling of abode [(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.]
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(chiefly Britain, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
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(travel, UK, Ireland) Hotel accommodation provided as part of the price of a package holiday, with the passenger not being advised of the hotel's name or location until arrival at the resort.
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(trademark) An American vacation rental online marketplace company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2008.
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(uncountable) The state or condition of being lodged.
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A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church. Usually a charity relying on donations for funding.
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(Ireland, informal, dated) The height of luxury, comfort, or modernity.
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The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
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Alternative form of apartment-sit [To live in and take care of someone's apartment while they are away.]
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(historical) A type of reception or party whereby the host says they will be ‘at home’ during specific hours, when guests can come and go as they like.
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(of a person) a condition of being at home
adv
Located in one's hometown.
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(obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
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(Now chiefly UK dialectal) Dwelling-place; abode; habitation.
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The home, homestead, or place of one's birth.
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The house of one's birth (house where one was born).
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Lodging with daily meals, usually provided in return for rent or other considerations.
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Someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house rather than a hotel.
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A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.
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(figuratively) A second home, etc. where a person can go to escape the stresses of everyday life.
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The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.
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A house together with its yard, outbuildings, and land.
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A place of residence for people who have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly, but who do not need constant nursing care.
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A house hastily built on a piece of land in order to legalize a claim to the land.
v
To share a bed with a sibling, especially a twin.
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A house for a place of residence, usually a temporary one.
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Obsolete spelling of court [(Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.]
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To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
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A residential community, for children or others, employing married couples ("cottage parents") who look after a number of residents in a shared dwelling, providing a positive model of family life.
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(UK) A housing estate consisting, entirely or principally, of council housing
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(UK, Ireland) A house built and operated by local town councils, usually of relatively low price and lived in by the working class
adj
(UK, Ireland) Living in a council house
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(UK, dated, colloquial) country house
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(Britain) A weekend and holiday residence, located outside of urban areas, used as a retreat from city life.
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Synonym of country store (“general store in a rural setting”)
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A second home in a rural area, especially one of a rich, powerful or important person
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(Britain, colloquial) A desirable residence.
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(sports) at home, playing in one's home ground
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(formal) A home or residence.
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(law): A person who legally resides in a particular place.
adv
(by metonymy) From one household or business to the next.
v
(intransitive, informal) To reside in a dorm.
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(Philippines) A resident of a dormitory.
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A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
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One who lodges in a doss-house.
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One's ideal house or home.
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(archaic) Lodging that includes accommodation and a place to sleep but no meals.
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A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
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Alternative form of dwellinghouse. [(law) A house intended as a residential building (and not, for example, as a place of business).]
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Alternative spelling of dwelling-place [A place where one dwells.]
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Alternative form of dwellinghouse. [(law) A house intended as a residential building (and not, for example, as a place of business).]
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A place where one dwells.
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(law) A house intended as a residential building (and not, for example, as a place of business).
n
A home or a family where the children have grown up and moved away.
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Obsolete form of hermitage. [A house or dwelling where a hermit lives.]
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(usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
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(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
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A house of the style that is predominant in the particular time and place referred to; an average house, an ordinary house.
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(figuratively) Any place that promotes early development.
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A permanent home found for a child or animal who is to be adopted.
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A house in which one settles with the expectation of living there for the rest of one's life.
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(UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.
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A detached mother-in-law apartment or cottage on the same parcel as the main house.
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A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
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(informal) An area, especially a rural area, which is seen as peaceful or favorable.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A dwelling detached from a primary residence, traditionally designated for a member of an extended family to live in.
n
A place of residence intended to provide medical care for people with complex health needs.
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A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
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A French holiday home, or a rented tourist cottage.
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(obsolete) A dwelling or habitation.
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Obsolete form of habitacle. [(obsolete) A dwelling or habitation.]
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(Louisiana French) A farm.
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(idiomatic) A mental visualization of a pleasant location, to avoid thinking or dealing with something unpleasant or painful.
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(by extension) A peaceful place.
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A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
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(figuratively) Home or family life.
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Traditional family values and home life.
adj
Pertaining to an activity normal to the household, usually associated with the living-room, whether or not it has a real fireplace.
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The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
n
(college, university, highschool) Contraction of homecoming. [The act or event of returning home.]
n
Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.
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A second home used for holidays.
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(Britain) someone who is on holiday
n
One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace.
adj
(figuratively) Having safely reached one's target or goal.
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, figuratively) Having safely reached one's target.
n
(idiomatic) A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.
n
Alternative form of home away from home [(idiomatic) A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.]
n
(uncountable, figurative) an area or place where one feels familiar or at home.
v
(often with 'on') To focus or narrow down to something; to find, draw closer or move towards, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process.
n
(Britain) A collection of documents relating to a property, which, under the law of England and Wales between June 2007 and 2010, had to be provided when the property was offered for sale. Abbreviation: HIP
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An enclosed plot on which the owner's home stands.
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(Western Australia) An open home. A period of time, usually several hours in a day, during which a house which is for sale is open for inspection or tour by interested parties.
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Alternative form of homeset [(printing) The type used as a standard by a specific publisher.]
n
(by extension) The final part of something, especially the final part with respect to time of a long process.
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Alternative form of hometown [An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.]
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(idiomatic) Home-taught manners and social etiquette.
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A perm that is applied at home, rather than in a beauty salon.
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Alternative spelling of homesickness [The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.]
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(UK, informal) A person who is unwilling to leave their childhood home or area.
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A person or company which builds houses
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(informal) A vacation spent at home or close to home; a staycation.
n
One who returns home from another place.
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The act or event of returning home.
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The phenomenon or practice of consumers spending leisure time at home instead of going out.
n
Homecoming; one's journey or arrival home.
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(UK, dated) A field adjacent to its owner's home.
n
Alternative form of home front [The civilian sphere as opposed to the military; specifically, the civilian sphere supporting the military's efforts in a war.]
adj
(rare, not comparable) Having a place to live; not homeless.
v
(US) To tailgate (have a tailgate party) at home.
n
The country that one regards as home.
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A building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support.
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(obsolete) A native; a person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; an inhabitant.
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(US) The part of a piece of land on which a home is built.
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The (physical or figurative) landscape of one's home or homeland.
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A homesharing arrangement.
adj
(often with for) Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.
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The plot of land on which a house is or can be built
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Living in and taking care of a home when the usual occupants are away.
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A space for domestic or communal living.
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Place of a home; homestead.
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Alternative form of home state [The state of the United States of America in which a person was born or raised or currently resides.]
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A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests.
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The place that is one's home.
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The time when pupils go home at the end of the school day.
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(attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
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That which pertains to a hometown or one's hometown.
adj
Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
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(Northumbria and Scotland) house
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A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
n
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of hostelling [(British spelling) the practice of staying in youth hostels when on holiday, or travelling]
n
Alternative spelling of hotelling [The short-term provision of office space to workers who either are temporary or usually work elsewhere.]
n
(law) Abbreviation of housing. [(uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.]
n
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
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A visit by a repair person or other customer service worker to a customer's home.
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(idiomatic) A party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.
n
Alternative form of houseguests plural of house guest
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(historical) An institution for the shelter of destitute people.
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(chiefly Southern US) Miscellaneous household items.
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Alternative form of house-sit [(intransitive) To live temporarily in someone else's home for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence.]
n
(US) A prefabricated home built in a factory, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where it will be occupied.
n
Alternative form of housewarming [(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.]
n
The search for a suitable house to buy or rent.
adj
Proud of one's house, its furnishings, or its upkeep.
v
(intransitive) To live temporarily in someone else's home for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence.
n
Alternative spelling of housewarming [(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.]
n
Alternative form of house-commune [A communal housing structure built as part of an architectural and social movement in the Soviet Union in the 1920–1930s.]
adj
Found in or having its origin in a home.
n
Alternative form of house-hunter [A person seeking a suitable house to buy or rent.]
n
Alternative form of house-hunting [The search for a suitable house to buy or rent.]
n
A small or miniature house.
n
One who, or that which, houses.
n
(US) The setting up of the frame of a house.
n
An arrangement in which two or more people share a house.
v
alternative spelling of house-sit [(intransitive) To live temporarily in someone else's home for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence.]
n
One who lives in a housetruck.
n
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
n
Abbreviation of homestead. [A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.]
v
(idiomatic) To share a house or flat with another person, especially due to high rents.
n
Archaic spelling of hotel. [(now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.]
adj
Taking place in or purposed for the domicile.
n
(Britain, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
n
(US, informal) A multi-story low-income housing development.
n
(informal) A place of retirement or concealment.
n
(informal) The function or purpose of a piece of land
n
An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
n
(Britain) Alternative spelling of lodgment [An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.]
n
A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).
n
A place where rooms can be rented, other than a hotel.
n
An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.
n
Obsolete form of lodging. [A place to live or lodge.]
n
(UK) Synonym of managed house
n
A type of manor or country house.
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The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.
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(UK) The main house on a landed estate.
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(archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
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(chiefly in the plural) An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now chiefly in allusion to John 14:2.)
n
(US) A large and somewhat luxurious house.
n
Obsolete spelling of mansion [A large house or building, usually built for the wealthy.]
n
(obsolete) A building in which a market takes place.
n
(informal, derogatory, chiefly US) A large, imposing and ostentatious house that lacks architectural integrity.
n
(obsolete) A dwelling or messuage.
n
(Australia) A hotel used to quarantine people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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(chiefly law) Originally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.
n
A small mansion; a mansionette.
n
A private home whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments despite offers of huge monetary sums from a private developer or expropriation attempts by the government.
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A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
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A hospital ward housing numerous patients in a single room.
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(slang, chiefly MLE) home, one’s living premises, the place where one pursues private businesses
n
a residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services.
n
A house habitually kept open to callers.
n
(UK, historical) A lodging outside the college bounds at Oxford or Cambridge.
n
A housing estate planned and built for the rehousing of people from decaying inner city areas, usually as part of the process of slum clearance.
n
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
n
A lodging which is usually less exquisite and thus more affordable than a hotel.
n
(historical) A leisure and cultural centre built with the intention of making art and cultural appreciation available to the working classes.
v
(UK, New Zealand) To intersperse privately-owned houses and social housing.
n
The areas around a dwelling, especially the animal enclosures etc. of a rural dwelling
n
Alternative spelling of pied-à-terre [A smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home.]
n
(historical, usually in the plural) A settler of the Plymouth Colony.
n
The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
v
Alternative form of plant-sit [To take care of someone's plants while they are away.]
n
A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.
n
(by extension, dated) A splendid country seat.
n
Pride concerning a place, as one's home town or residence.
n
The dwelling where a person usually lives. A person may have only one primary residence at any given time, which is used for legal purposes such as determining where a person votes or pays taxes.
n
Rental accommodation subsidised by public funds and provided for disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social-security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.
n
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
n
Place or institution for temporary accommodation of vagrants, refugees, disaster victims and others.
n
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
n
(US) A hall of residence.
n
A trip during which people temporarily live together.
n
(obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
n
A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
n
A house where travellers can stay; a guesthouse.
n
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see resting, place. A place where one rests or may rest.
n
Alternative form of resting place [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see resting, place. A place where one rests or may rest.]
v
(intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
n
(chiefly US) A variety of residential building where the individual houses lining a street share adjacent walls in common and have a continuous stretch of roof
n
(travel) A hotel rate where the hotel agrees to accommodate the guest but does not specify the standard of room until the guest arrives.
n
(UK) Alternative form of safe harbor [A safe haven.]
n
A protected zone in a country, especially one designated for members of an ethnic or religious minority.
n
A place free of judgment, aspersion, or other repercussion.
n
A place serving as a tolerant environment for people (especially a marginalized group) where they do not face harassment, criticism etc.; especially one in which participants are understood to share a given political or social viewpoint.
n
An area of state-sponsored housing used as a shelter for homeless people; such housing is scattered across different parts of a city rather than concentrated in one place.
n
(UK, chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A council housing estate.
n
A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
n
A home of a close relative or friend where one spends a great deal of time or feels welcome.
n
(US, informal) Federally subsidized housing for low-income families and individuals, formally known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
n
(principally historical) An institution providing various community services, usually to the urban poor.
adj
Sharing a small room or accommodation between many (often too many) people
n
A residence with shared common areas, typically furnished and equipped, and bedrooms typically rented independently to unrelated temporary occupants, similar to a boarding house but often lacking provided services such as meals and laundry.
n
A home, either a flat or a house, shared by several inhabitants (but not a family unit).
n
A house shared by several inhabitants (but not a family unit).
n
Alternative form of showhome [A house that is furnished and shown to prospective home-buyers as an example of the kind of house they may buy.]
n
A house that is furnished and shown to prospective home-buyers as an example of the kind of house they may buy.
n
A room in an institution, or compartment on a vessel, where basic medical supplies are kept and medical attention can be sought.
n
(obsolete) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
n
A form of transitional housing provided to residents contingent upon their abstinence from alcohol and other recreational drugs.
n
Rental housing owned and managed by the government, non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, with the aim of providing affordable housing, often focusing on disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social-security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.
n
(obsolete) A place that is regularly frequented.
n
A habitually frequented place; a haunt or hangout.
n
A relatively small and inexpensive home, typically the first that a person or family can afford to purchase.
n
(New Zealand) A house built and operated by the government, usually of relatively low price and lived in by people on low incomes.
n
(Britain) Synonym of country house, especially one owned by the aristocracy
n
A vacation spent at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.
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An institution devoted to housing and entertaining children for the summer.
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(Canada, US) A cottage rented out in the summer to vacationers.
n
An especially large or luxurious bungalow.
n
(figuratively) Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
n
A lodger who receives meals as well as accommodation.
n
Anything that one is given to bring home from an institutional setting.
n
Alternative spelling of take-home [Anything that one is given to bring home from an institutional setting.]
n
(figuratively) Dwelling; abode; habitation.
n
Alternative form of Thingstead [(historical, Germanic, Anglo-Saxon) A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum]
n
(US) A townhouse or row house.
n
(US) Any of many houses, of a similar or identical plan and design, built on a tract of land.
n
(US) A very large and luxurious tract house.
n
(US) A building or piece of property used as a secondary residence for vacation purposes; may be rented to others when not in use.
n
(obsolete) A villa; a country residence.
n
(chiefly Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) A house or dwelling.
n
A hotel where people receiving welfare can stay until permanent housing is found for them.
n
A hotel offering health and fitness facilities.
n
(Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.
adv
(idiomatic, Britain) (of a person) in reality; in fact; when it comes down to it.
adv
(US, informal) In one’s most vulnerable or personal spot.
n
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A home; a dwelling.
n
A place of temporary refuge and support for women escaping violent or abusive situations, such as rape and domestic violence.
n
(obsolete, poetic) A house, home, habitation, dwelling.
n
(archaic) A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.
n
Alternative form of wone [(obsolete, poetic) A house, home, habitation, dwelling.]
n
(obsolete) dwelling; wone
n
(obsolete) A place where people both live and are given a job.
n
(Britain, historical) An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
n
Alternative form of yeoman's service [(idiomatic, of behavior by a person) Arduous work, performed in a vigorous, committed manner.]
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