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Housing

of House

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Narrower term 21

Abode 76% connected

of Abide

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Apartment 76% connected

A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.

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Bard 76% connected

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of pr…

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Billet 76% connected

A small paper; a note; a short letter.

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Binnacle 76% connected

A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Cabinet 76% connected

A hut; a cottage; a small house.

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Camp 76% connected

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

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Case 76% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Casing 76% connected

of Case

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Console 76% connected

To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

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Domicile 76% connected

An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

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Dwelling 76% connected

of Dwell

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Flat 76% connected

Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

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Habitation 76% connected

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

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Home 76% connected

See Homelyn.

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Hospice 76% connected

A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice…

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Hostel 76% connected

An inn.

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Quartering 76% connected

of Quartter

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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Shelter 76% connected

That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

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Broader term 5

Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Protection 76% connected

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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Saddlery 76% connected

The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Tack 76% connected

A stain; a tache.

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House 74% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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House 74% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Synonym 3

Caparison 92% connected

An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.

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Lodging 92% connected

of Lodge

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Trapping 92% connected

of Trap

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