abode

Roget category 189

2. Words relating to space
› 2.1. Space in general
›› 2.1.3. Existence in space

#189. [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode

noun

abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance^†, tabernacle, throne, ark.
home, fatherland — country — homestead, homestall^† — fireside — hearth, hearth stone — chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side — harem, seraglio, zenana^† — household gods, lares et penates [Lat.], roof, household, housing, dulce domum [Lat.], paternal domicile — native soil, native land.
habitat, range, stamping ground — haunt, hangout — biosphere — environment, ecological niche.
nest, nidus, snuggery^† — arbor, bower, etc. 191 — lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], aerie, eyrie, eyry^†, rookery, hive — covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost — nidification — kala jagah^†.
bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation^† — barrack, casemate^†, casern^†.
tent etc. (covering) 223 — building etc. (construction) 161 — chamber etc. (receptacle) 191 — xenodochium^†.
tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft^†.
cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy^†, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam — pen etc. (inclosure) 232 — barn, bawn^† — kennel, sty, doghold^†, cote, coop, hutch, byre — cow house, cow shed — stable, dovecote, columbary^†, columbarium — shippen^† — igloo, iglu^†, jacal^† — lacustrine dwelling^†, lacuslake dwelling^†, lacuspile dwelling^† — log cabin, log house — shack, shebang [Slang], tepee, topek^†.
house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe [Lat.], folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace — kiosk, bungalow — casa [Sp.], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house — temple etc. 1000.
hamlet, village, thorp^†, dorp^†, ham, kraal — borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis — suburb — province, country — county town, county seat — courthouse [U.S.] — ghetto.
street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda^†, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews.
square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister — gardens, grove, residences — block of buildings, market place, place, plaza.
anchorage, roadstead, roads — dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor.
quarter, parish etc. (region) 181.
assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place — inn — hostel, hostelry — hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow^†, khan, hospice — public house, pub, pot house, mug house — gin mill, gin palace — bar, bar room — barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse — club, clubhouse — cookshop^†, dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.] — grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen^† — coffee house, eating house — canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet^†, posada^† — almshouse^†, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.].
garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance^†, demesne.
[quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse — pen, aviary — barn, stall — zoo.

verb

take up one's abode etc. (locate oneself) 184 — inhabit etc. (be present) 186.

adjective

urban, metropolitan — suburban — provincial, rural, rustic — domestic — cosmopolitan — palatial.

phrase

eigner Hert ist goldes Werth [G.] — even cities have their graves" [Longfellow]; ubi libertas ibi patria [Lat.] — home sweet home.

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