domicile

Main Entry:
domicile [dom-uh-sahyl, -suhl, doh-muh-]
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: accommodate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make room, lodging available
Synonyms: board, contain, domicile, entertain, furnish, harbor, hold, house, put up, quarter, receive, rent, shelter, supply, take in, welcome
Antonyms: turn away, turn out
Main Entry: address
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place of residence or business where one can be contacted
Synonyms: abode, box number, direction, domicile, dwelling, headquarters, home, house, living quarters, location, lodging, number, place of business, place of residence, street, whereabouts, zip code
Main Entry: building
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: constructed dwelling
Synonyms: architecture, construction, domicile, edifice, erection, fabric, framework, home, house, hut, pile, superstructure, ziggurat
Main Entry: dwelling
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: home
Synonyms: abode, castle, commorancy, den, digs, domicile, dump*, establishment, habitat, habitation, haunt, hole in the wall, house, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, residency
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: harbor
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hide, protect
Synonyms: accommodate, board, bunk, conceal, defend, domicile, entertain, guard, hold back, house, lodge, nurse, nurture, provide refuge, put up, quarter, relieve, safeguard, screen, secrete, secure, shelter, shield, suppress, withhold
Notes: harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities
Antonyms: eject, let out, uncover
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
Main Entry: house
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: human habitat
Synonyms: abode, apartment, box*, building, bullpen, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, coop, crash pad, crib*, cubbyhole, den, diggings, digs, domicile, dump*, dwelling, edifice, flat, flophouse, habitation, hole in the wall, home, home plate, homestead, joint, kennel, layout, lean-to, mansion, pad, pied-à-terre, pigpen, pigsty, rack, residence, residency, roof, roost, setup, shack, shanty, turf*
Notes: 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
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