big houses
Estates with rooms
Big houses is a colloquial term for prisons, especially large state or federal penitentiaries: He spent ten years in the big house.
The phrase evokes the imposing institutional architecture of older prisons.
Usually singular—the big house—though the plural appears when discussing multiple facilities.
- chateauFrench country mansion
- potlatchCeremonial wealth distribution gathering
- longhousesMulti-family indigenous dwellings
- mansionLarge, stately home
- estateProperty and grounds
real estate · property taxes · blocks · prison cells · clan system · cells · villa · wealthy · First Nations · stately homes · totem poles · palace · holes · servants · grounds · iron gates · affluence · grand entrance
big housestiny houses
Dwellings under 500 square feet
little houses · cottages · cramped quarters · bungalows · tiny homes
big housescottages
Small rustic dwellings
tiny homes · apartments · studio apartments · cabins · bungalows
big housesapartments
Rented dwelling units
flats · studio apartments · condos · tenements · bedsits