dwelling
[dwel-ing]
- a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode; home.
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Origin of dwelling
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Examples from the Web for dwellings
Contemporary Examples
There are four dwellings to choose from and more than a half dozen other structures in which to swing a cat.
Historical Examples
The Romans adapted their dwellings to the climate in which they lived.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
Much ingenuity was exercised in the making of these dwellings.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
But these dwellings were evidently occupied by a later people.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
But the people did not come, and the dwellings remained empty.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
He was seized by a creature and flung up on a strand where there seemed to be dwellings.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
dwelling
- formal, literary a place of residence
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Word Origin and History for dwellings
dwelling
n.
"place of residence," mid-14c., verbal noun from dwell (v.).
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