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abode

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a·bode  (-bd )
v.
A past tense and a past participle of abide.
n.
1. A dwelling place; a home.
2. The act of abiding; a sojourn.

[Middle English abod, home, from abiden, to wait; see abide.]

abode
Noun
one's home [from abide]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.abodeabode - any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences"
address - the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
domicile, legal residence - (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time; "what's his legal residence?"
home, place - where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
2.abodeabode - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
bathroom, bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room, chamber - a room used primarily for sleeping
cliff dwelling - a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff; "the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States"
condo, condominium - one of the dwelling units in a condominium
den - a room that is comfortable and secluded
dinette - a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining
dining room, dining-room - a room used for dining
dressing room - a room in which you can change clothes
family room - a recreation room in a private house
fixer-upper - a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price)
fireside, hearth - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
hermitage - the abode of a hermit
homestead - dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed
kitchen - a room equipped for preparing meals
lake dwelling, pile dwelling - dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages
front room, living room, living-room, sitting room, parlor, parlour - a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
indian lodge, lodge - any of various Native American dwellings
messuage - (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
semi-detached house - a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side
vacation home - a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation
yurt - a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing

abode
noun home, house, quarters, lodging, pad (slang) residence, habitat, dwelling, habitation, domicile, dwelling place
Translations

abode [əˈbəud] n (old) → morada;
(LAW) → domicilio;
of no fixed abode → sin domicilio fijo
abode [əˈbəud] n (old) → demeure f;
(Law);
of no fixed abode → sans domicile fixe
abode [əˈbəud] n (Law);
of no fixed abode → ohne festen Wohnsitz
abode [əˈbəud] n (old) → dimora;
(LAW) → domicilio, dimora;
of no fixed abode → senza fissa dimora

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Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself, and it was ten months before my father discovered his abode.
As they went along they chanced to pass a deep well, amply supplied with water, and when they saw it, one of the Frogs said to the other, "Let us descend and make our abode in this well: it will furnish us with shelter and food.
His place of abode was in Staffordshire, on a morsel of freehold land of his own--appropriately called Salt Patch.
 
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