dwellings
Places people inhabit
Dwellings is the plural of dwelling, a somewhat formal word for places where people live.
The term encompasses houses, apartments, caves, tents—any structure serving as a residence.
It appears often in legal, bureaucratic, and real estate contexts: The zoning permits single-family dwellings only.
Census workers counted all dwellings in the district.
Rented unit in building
- bungalowOne-story house with porch
- cottageSmall rural home
- duplexDivided dwelling, shared walls
- flatLacking vertical variation
mansion · villa · yurt · townhouse · condominium · penthouse · loft · studio
Place of safety
- havenShelter from danger
- protectionGuarding against harm
- coverProtect by overlaying
- safetyFreedom from harm
retreat · hideaway · stronghold · bunker · lean-to · tent · encampment · canopy
Related people together
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- hearthFireplace floor area
- cozinessComfortable warm intimacy
- domesticityLife centered around home
fireplace · belonging · sanctuary · privacy · warmth · nest · inhabitants · familiarity
apartment
Rented unit in building
flat · mansion · villa · yurt · townhouse · condominium · penthouse · loft · studio · houseboat
refuge
Place of safety
- havenShelter from danger
- protectionGuarding against harm
- coverProtect by overlaying
safety · retreat · hideaway · stronghold · bunker · lean-to · tent · encampment · canopy · bivouac
family
Related people together
domesticity · fireplace · belonging · sanctuary · privacy · warmth · nest · inhabitants · familiarity · security
foundation
Underlying support structure
girders · lintel · masonry · brickwork · stonework · insulation · drywall · plaster · stucco · mortar
façade
False outward appearance
gable · eaves · portico · balustrade · cornice · pediment · keystone · spire · vault · rotunda
- Anatolian ruinsEphesus, Troy, Halicarnassus, Greek ruins, Roman ruins
- indigenous technologyadobe, baskets, canoes, dugouts, fish traps
- tribal artifactstribal artifacts, ceremonial regalia, tribal jewelry, tribal patterns, woven baskets
- artifactspottery shards, knives, masks, pottery, antiquity
- catacombstunnels, passages, burial chambers, tombs, crypts
- real propertyland, buildings, houses, homes, lots
dwellingsvehicles
Machines for transportation
tents · mobile homes · campers · RVs · houseboats
dwellingsworkplaces
Sites of employment
offices · factories · warehouses · commercial buildings · industrial facilities
dwellingswilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
wastelands · ruins · abandoned buildings · vacant lots · empty spaces
- cliff dwellingsHomes built into rockfaces
- cave dwellingShelter inside rock formation
- temporary dwellingNon-permanent place to live
- ancient dwellingsHistoric residential structures
- pile dwellingsStructures raised on posts
- dwelling placeResidence or habitation