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Webster 1913 Edition
Dwelling
Dwell′ing
,Noun.
Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
Hazor shall be a
dwelling
for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33.
God will deign
To visit oft the
To visit oft the
dwellings
of just men. Milton.
Philip’s
dwelling
fronted on the street. Tennyson.
Dwelling house
, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building.
– Dwelling place
, place of residence.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dwelling
DWELL'ING
,ppr.
DWELL'ING
,Noun.
Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer.49.
1.
Continuance; residence; state of life.Thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. Dan.4.
Definition 2024
dwelling
dwelling
English
Noun
dwelling (plural dwellings)
- A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess:
- He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
- The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.
- Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. - Alfred Tennyson
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Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:abode
Derived terms
- dwellinghouse
- dwelling place
- lake dwelling: prehistoric structure
Translations
a place or house in which a person lives
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References
- dwelling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Etymology 2
Verb
dwelling
- present participle of dwell
- I was dwelling in the cave.