English > housing: 3 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | structures collectively in which people are housed. |
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| Synonyms | lodging, living accommodations |
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| Narrower | apartment, flat | A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house |
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| billet | lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) |
| block | housing in a large building that is divided into separate units |
| camp | temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers |
| condominium | housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned |
| dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house | housing that someone is living in |
| hospice | A lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order) |
| hostel, youth hostel, student lodging | inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) |
| living quarters, quarters | housing available for people to live in |
| mobile home, manufactured home | A large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing |
| pied-a-terre | lodging for occasional / occasional / occasional or secondary use |
| quartering | living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) |
| rattrap | filthy run-down dilapidated housing |
| shelter | temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons |
| tract housing | housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
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| Spanish | casa, vivienda, viviendas |
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| Catalan | allotjament, habitatges |
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| Verbs | house | provide housing for |
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