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dwelling

[ dwel-ing ]

noun

  1. a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode; home.


dwelling

/ ˈɛɪŋ /

noun

  1. formal.
    a place of residence
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Other Word Forms

  • ܱt·ɱiԲ noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dwelling1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; dwell + -ing 1
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Synonym Study

See house.
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"Even when I've seen performances that were very good, for example Ian Hart in Backbeat, that got around the problem of the familiarity by dwelling on a lesser-known period of their story."

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While on the Morne Mountains, in Northern Ireland, invertebrates and ground dwelling animals like reptiles were "simply being torched alive".

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So counties with more homes in lower bands and fewer in the higher values will pay less council tax per dwelling.

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Existing California law requires any building with a dwelling unit to maintain “certain characteristics in order to be tenantable,” which includes maintenance of adequate heating and hot water systems.

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They intended to erect their dwellings on top of existing coral, reinforcing steel scaffolding using a patented process that Hilbertz had developed called Biorock, a substance formed by the electro-accumulation of materials dissolved in seawater.

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