abode

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/ əˈboʊd /

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noun

a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.

an extended stay in a place; sojourn.

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Origin of abode

1200–50; Middle English abood a waiting, delay, stay; akin to abide

Words nearby abode

abnormal psychology, abnormity, Abo, aboard, aboardage, abode, abohm, aboideau, aboil, abolish, abolition

Other definitions for abode (2 of 2)

abode²

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of abide.

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How to use abode in a sentence

When it comes to feeling proud of your abode and peaceful at home, a well-manicured yard can make all the difference.
Best hedge trimmer: Keep your backyard tidy with these powerful clippers|Florie Korani|June 24, 2021|Popular-Science
Yet many oceanographers failed to recognize that the ocean is also an “abode of life.”
A new book explores how military funding shaped the science of oceanography|Alka Tripathy-Lang|April 16, 2021|Science News
This year, we fashioned abodes shingled with salami, sided with breadsticks and decorated with almonds.
These 10 food trends were the distractions we needed in 2020|Emily Heil|December 24, 2020|Washington Post
It’s full of the little insights you probably aren’t thinking of when you dream of living in a cabin, RV or other alternative abode.
If you’re thinking of a drastic lifestyle change, ‘Off Grid Life’ will feed your fantasy (or kill it)|Tim Smith|October 30, 2020|Washington Post

These are simple and elegant, and would look great in a bathroom or as a living room throw in a seaside abode.
Soft, lightweight Turkish towels for bathrooms and beach trips|PopSci Commerce Team|September 4, 2020|Popular-Science
Andrew Borden, his two daughters, Lizzie and Emma, and his wife, Abby, lived in the stately abode at 92 Second Street.
Would You Stay in Lizzie Borden’s Ax-Murder House?|Nina Strochlic|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When the headlights of the car in which Kumar travels lights up one such abode he feels immediately guilty.
The Real India Revealed|Rafia Zakaria|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Sultan of Brunei will not have a quasi-Islamist rebellion within the Abode of Peace.
Brunei Returns to the Stoning Age|Jay Michaelson|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“That is not their real house,” Andrew says of a Kardashian abode.
Watching Us, Watching Them: On ‘The People’s Couch’|Tim Teeman|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Death and the awful abode of lost souls, whither my weakness long ago had sent him, had changed him for every other eye but mine.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To this address he betook himself on the morning of his arrival, but found that his friend had changed his abode.
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne
The duty of a husband to provide a home implies his right to select and fix the marital abode.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Yes, dark cellars seem to be a favourite abode of these common ghosts.
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts|George Cruikshank
And she still held the young man captive by means of the allurements of her crystal abode.
Honey-Bee|Anatole France
If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham

British Dictionary definitions for abode (1 of 2)

abode¹

/ (əˈbəʊd) /

noun

a place in which one lives; one's home

Word Origin for abode

C17: n formed from abide

British Dictionary definitions for abode (2 of 2)