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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)
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block
housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
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camp
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
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condominium
housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned
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abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home
housing that someone is living in
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hospice
a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
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hostel, student lodging, youth hostel
inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
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living quarters, quarters
housing available for people to live in
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manufactured home, mobile home
a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing
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pied-a-terre
lodging for occasional or secondary use
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quartering
living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
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rattrap
filthy run-down dilapidated housing
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shelter
temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
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tract housing
housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land
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accommodation
living quarters provided for public convenience
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bedsit, bedsitter, bedsitting room
a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing)
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camp, refugee camp
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
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cellblock, ward
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
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cliff dwelling
a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff
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cold-water flat
an apartment without modern conveniences
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condo, condominium
one of the dwelling units in a condominium
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diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad
temporary living quarters
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dorm, dormitory, hall, residence hall, student residence
a college or university building containing living quarters for students
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duplex, duplex apartment
an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
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efficiency apartment
a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom
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fixer-upper
a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price)
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flatlet
a tiny flat
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fo'c'sle, forecastle
living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
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hareem, harem, seraglio, serail
living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
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fireside, hearth
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
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hermitage
the abode of a hermit
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homestead
dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
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house
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
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lake dwelling, pile dwelling
dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages
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indian lodge, lodge
any of various Native American dwellings
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maisonette, maisonnette
a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside
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messuage
(law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
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military quarters
living quarters for personnel on a military post
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penthouse
an apartment located on the top floors of a building
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railroad flat
an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them
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semi-detached house
a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side
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studio, studio apartment
an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen
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rooms, suite
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
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tennis camp
a camp where tennis is taught
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trailer camp, trailer park
a camp where space for house trailers can be rented; utilities are generally provided
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vacation home
a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation
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walk-up, walk-up apartment
an apartment in a building without an elevator
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hospital ward, ward
block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
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yurt
a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing