| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set of rooms for rent |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, cave*, chambers, cold-water, condo, coop, cooperative, crash pad, den*, digs, dump*, flat, living quarters, lodging, pad, penthouse, rental, residence, suite, walk-up |
| Main Entry: | accommodations |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence, usually temporary |
| Synonyms: | apartment, board, boardinghouse, crash pad, crib*, digs, hotel, house, housing, lodging, motel, pad, quarters, roof, room and board, rooming house, rooms, shelter |
| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small room, container |
| Synonyms: | alcove, antechamber, apartment, bastille, booth, burrow, cage, cavity, chamber, cloister, closet, compartment, coop, crib, crypt, cubicle, den, dungeon, hold, hole, keep, lockup, nook, pen, receptacle, recess, retreat, stall, tower, vault |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Main Entry: | cellar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | underground story of building |
| Synonyms: | apartment, basement, subbasement, subterrane, underground room, vault |
| Notes: | a cellar is a storage place, usually underground, for foodstuffs etc; basement is the lowest story of a building, part or wholly below ground level |
| Antonyms: | attic |
| Main Entry: | chamber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small compartment, room |
| Synonyms: | alcove, antechamber, apartment, bedchamber, bedroom, box, case, cavity, cell, chest, container, cubicle, enclosure, flat, hall, hollow, lodging, pocket, room, socket |
| Main Entry: | condominium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tenant-owned apartment house |
| Synonyms: | apartment, co-op, condo, timeshare, townhouse |
| Notes: | a co-op/cooperative is a multiunit building that a corporation owns and leases units to its owners; a condo/condominium is a multiunit building with units owned by individuals |
| Main Entry: | domicile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human habitat |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, castle, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, crash pad, dump, dwelling, habitation, home, house, joint, legal residence, mansion, pad, rack, residence, residency, roof over head, roost, settlement |
| Main Entry: | habitat/habitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where someone resides |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, biosphere, cave, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, fireside, flat, haunt*, haven, hearth, hole*, home, home plate, homestead, house, housing, locale, locality, lodging, neck of the woods, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad, place, quarters, range, residence, residency, roof*, roost, seat*, settlement, site, stamping ground, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where a human lives |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, asylum, boarding house, bungalow, cabin, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, cottage, crash pad, diggings, digs, domicile, dormitory, dump*, dwelling, farm, fireside, flat, habitation, hangout, haunt, hearth, hideout, hole in the wall, home plate, homestead, hospital, house, hut, joint*, living quarters, manor, mansion, nest*, orphanage, pad, palace, parking place, place, residence, resort, roof*, rooming house, roost, shanty, shelter, trailer, turf, villa, where the hat is |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Antonyms: | office |