dwelling Hear it!

dwelling Definition

dwell·ing (dwel)

noun

a place to live in; residence; house; abode

Etymology: ME: see dwell

dwelling Synonyms

dwelling

n.

dwelling Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • detach: They wish to erect a detached dwelling on the garden to the rear of 34 Church Street with vehicular access being via Bramley Way.
  • occupy: Table 4 shows the average council tax for a dwelling occupied by two adults in each area, for each band.
  • inhabit: He promised him that he shall have the people inhabit safe dwellings!
  • erect: The site includes a toll house, a cottage and Victorian dwellings all once erected in the Manor.
  • exist: The status of NHER Site Assessor demonstrates that you are competent to undertake detailed energy assessments on existing dwellings.
  • demolish: Please note that if you intend to demolish a dwelling, you may also need to obtain planning consent before doing so.

Adjective modifier

  • unoccupied: An unoccupied dwelling left empty by a person who has gone to prison.
  • unfit: An increase in funding of discretionary grants to reduce the number of unfit private sector dwellings.
  • occupied: Extract: BULKY ITEM COLLECTION SERVICES Who can use the service - All occupied Domestic Dwellings for which free household waste collection provided... .
  • vacant: Members felt that getting some measure of the likely extent of vacant dwellings was important.
  • semi-detached: Outline application for the erection of a pair of semi-detached dwellings.
  • residential: One of the short-listed projects in the Housing Best Refurbishment category is a residential dwelling, Dinton Hall, near Aylesbury.

Modifies a noun

  • burglary: Then I got a 21 month prison sentence for a dwelling house burglary which I'd done to get money to buy heroin.
  • house: In 1843 the pottery, which included a dwelling house, was insured for 1300 pounds.

Noun used with modifier

  • replacement: Replacement dwellings should not increase the volume of the original property by more than 10 per cent.
  • cave: The city of Guadix with the cave dwellings, where people still live today, is 1 hour away.
  • loch: Ten crannogs ( ancient loch dwellings ) on Islay have been surveyed by Mark Holley.
  • story: NOTE: - Only one single story dwelling will be allowed to be built on the plot proposed to be sold.

Possessives

  • artisan: Even the humble artisans ' dwellings had been swept away and replaced by blocks of council flats.

Preposition: per

  • hectare: For London, dwelling density rose from 48 new dwellings per hectare in 1993 to 56 in 2000.
dwelling Quotes

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heav'n, to earth come down, Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown. Jesu, thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love thou art; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart.

—Wesley, Charles

A fellow that lives ina windmill hasnot a more whimsical dwelling thantheheartof a manthat islodged inawoman.

—Congreve,William

For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing often-times The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused, Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man.

—Wordsworth,William

Browse dictionary entries near dwelling

  1. dweller
  2. dwelled
  3. dwell upon
  4. dwell on
  5. dwell
  6. dweebish
  7. dweeb
  8. DWDM
  9. Dwayne
  10. dwarves
  1. dwelling place
  2. dwelt
  3. DWI
  4. Dwight
  5. dwindle
  6. dwindled
  7. dwindling
  8. dwt
  9. Dx
  10. DXC