temporary dwelling
Short-term living space
A temporary dwelling is a structure meant for short-term habitation rather than permanent residence.
The term covers tents, cabins, mobile homes, and emergency shelters—anywhere someone stays without intending to remain indefinitely: The refugees were housed in temporary dwellings until apartments became available.
In legal contexts, the phrase often determines building codes or zoning requirements.
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- pop-up tentSelf-deploying portable shelter
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- summer cabinSeasonal recreational dwelling
- hutSmall crude dwelling
shelter · base camp · campsite · motel · bed and breakfast · hostel · halfway house · shack · lean-to · trailer · mobile home · caravan · bivouac · hunting lodge · lodge · yurt · refuge · safe house
temporary dwellingpermanent home
Lasting place of residence
forever home · permanent residence · family home · ancestral home · homestead
temporary dwellingbrick house
Building of stacked blocks
stone house · built environment · castle · mansion · brownstone
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