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dwellinghouse

dwellinghouse noun: a house intended as a residential building (and not, for example, as a place of business).

Noun

dwellinghouse (plural dwellinghouses)

  1. A house intended as a residential building (and not, for example, as a place of business).

Forms of dwellinghouse

pluraldwellinghouses
alternative formdwelling house
alternative formdwelling-house

Origin of dwellinghouse

From dwelling + house.

Questions about dwellinghouse

What does dwellinghouse mean?
Dwellinghouse means a house intended as a residential building (and not, for example, as a place of business).
What part of speech is dwellinghouse?
Dwellinghouse is a noun.
What is the plural of dwellinghouse?
The plural of dwellinghouse is dwellinghouses.

Words near dwellinghouse in the dictionary

  1. dwelling upon
  2. dwelling-house
  3. dwelling-houses
  4. dwelling-place
  5. dwelling-places
  6. dwellinghouse
  7. dwellinghouses
  8. dwellings
  9. dwells
  10. dwells upon
  11. Dwelly

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