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Dormitory

A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school.

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Bedchamber 76% connected

A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in.

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Bedroom 76% connected

A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.

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Building 76% connected

of Build

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Chamber 76% connected

A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

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Edifice 76% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Hall 92% connected

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Construction noun · 86% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Antechamber noun · 78% connection

A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

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Apartment noun · 78% connection

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

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Attic adjective · 78% connection

A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.

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Bath noun · 78% connection

A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.

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Ben adverb · 78% connection

The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment.

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Cellar noun · 78% connection

A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

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Chambermaid noun · 78% connection

A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.

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Closet noun · 78% connection

A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

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Coach noun · 78% connection

A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passe…

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College noun · 78% connection

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter…

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Drawing-room noun · 78% connection

A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

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