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Definition of dwelling noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dwelling

noun
 
/ˈdwelɪŋ/
 
/ˈdwelɪŋ/
 (formal)
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  1. a house, flat, etc. where a person lives
    • The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices.
    • an application to convert the old barn into a dwelling
    • ancient cliff dwellings
    Topics Houses and homesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • makeshift
    • temporary
    • permanent
    • …
    verb + dwelling
    • build
    • convert something into
    • occupy
    • …
    dwelling + noun
    • house
    • place
    • unit
    • …
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