dwelling

[dwel-ing]

noun

1. a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode; home.

dwelling

/ ˈdwɛlɪŋ /

noun

1. formal,  a place of residence

Other Word Forms

• multidwelling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dwelling¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; dwell + -ing ¹

Synonym Study

See house.

Example Sentences

This is plausible, as biting Ukrainian winters can make it too cold for men or their supplies to stay in trenches, makeshift dwellings and storage.

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“I originally wanted an ADU,” Puleo said of adding an accessory dwelling unit to expand the art studio in his garage.

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Bungalow Heaven — which became Pasadena’s first Landmark District in 1989, thanks largely to the persistence of local resident Bob Kneisel — contains more modest, middle-class dwellings.

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Existing state law requires landlords to maintain certain “standard characteristics” for a dwelling unit including adequate hot and cold running water, heat, and weather proofing.

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Their actions, character, and — yes, I think I can use this word — spirit have literally helped form your neural pathways, so that the way they thought, their little idiosyncrasies, are dwelling in you.

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