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a·bode ( -b d )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.] |
abode1n a place in which one lives; one's home [n formed from abide] abode2vb a past tense and past participle of abide
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | abode - 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. | abode - 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 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" den - a room that is comfortable and secluded dinette - a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining 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" 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" kitchen - a room equipped for preparing meals messuage - (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household 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 |
abodenoun home, house, quarters, lodging, pad (slang), residence, habitat, dwelling, habitation, domicile, dwelling place I went round the streets and found his new abode.
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