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- Dictionarydwelling/ˈdwɛlɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a house, flat, or other place of residence: formal, literary "the proposed dwelling is out of keeping with those nearby"
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a house or place to live in: There is an estimated shortfall of some five million dwellings across the country. Synonyms. abode. domicile formal or specialized. habitation formal. home. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Home. a roof over your head idiom. abode. accommodation. bolthole. crib. domestically. fold.
The meaning of DWELLING is a shelter (such as a house) in which people live. How to use dwelling in a sentence.
to live in a place or in a particular way: She dwelt in South Africa for ten years. Phrasal verb. dwell on something. (Definition of dwell from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Dwelling definition: a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode; home.. See examples of DWELLING used in a sentence.
A dwelling or a dwelling place is a place where someone lives. [formal] Some 3,500 new dwellings are planned for the area. Synonyms: home, house, residence, abode More Synonyms of dwelling. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. British English pronunciation. American English pronunciation. Collins.
A dwelling is a home — where someone lives. Houses, apartments, and condos are all dwellings . If you know that to dwell means to live somewhere, then the meaning of dwelling won't be a surprise: it's an abode, domicile, or home.
a. : to live as a resident. the town in which he dwelled for eight years. the dwelling place of the gods. b. : exist, lie. where the heart of the matter dwells. 3. a. : to keep the attention directed used with on or upon. tried not to dwell on my fears. b.
Definition of dwelling noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. A building or shelter where one lives: abode, domicile, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. Chiefly British: dig (used in plural). The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
To dwell on something — usually something bad, like a failed romance or terrible service in a restaurant — is to think or speak about it at great length. Dwell has been part of the English language for over 1,000 years.
