Abode - English meaning

noun

A room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.

Usage examples:

They were living in temporary accommodation

noun

A place in which to live, work, stay, etc.

Usage examples:

The cost, including flights, accommodation, and meals, was €100,000., temporary accommodation, luxu…

noun

The particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated.

Usage examples:

They exchanged addresses and agreed to keep in touch

verb

Write the name and address of the intended recipient on (an envelope, letter, or parcel).

Usage examples:

I addressed my letter to him personally

verb

The place where a person or organization can be found

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Usage examples:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

Usage examples:

The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

Usage examples:

The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

plural noun

A site such as a mine or goldfield that has been excavated.

Usage examples:

Hills scarred with peat diggings

plural noun

Lodgings.

Usage examples:

He issued an invite to his diggings in the temple.

noun

Break up and move earth with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, snout, etc.

Usage examples:

The boar had been digging for roots

plural noun

Lodgings.

Usage examples:

They are looking for new digs

phrase

Informal for lodgings

Usage examples:

In digs many students in london have to live in digs., i spent three years in student digs., it was…

noun

A house, flat, or other place of residence.

Usage examples:

The proposed dwelling is out of keeping with those nearby

verb

Live in or at a specified place.

Usage examples:

Groups of people still dwell in these caves

noun

A place where people live

Usage examples:

The house was a modest one-story dwelling.

noun

The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

Usage examples:

Wild chimps in their natural habitat

noun

The natural surroundings in which an animal or plant usually lives

noun

The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.

Usage examples:

The floods forced many people to flee their homes

adjective

Relating to the place where one lives.

Usage examples:

I don't have your home address

adverb

To or at the place where one lives.

Usage examples:

What time did he get home last night?

noun

A building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys.

Usage examples:

My wife and i are moving to a new house

verb

Old-fashioned term for bingo.

A dwelling that serves as living quarters for a family

noun

A particular place or position.

Usage examples:

The property is set in a convenient location

noun

A particular place or position

Usage examples:

A good location for a bookstore, the map showed the location of an old mine., the documentary was f…

noun

The place or position that something is in or where something happens

Usage examples:

Come visit us at our new location!, an ideal/prime/suitable location (for sth) the strong economy a…

noun

Temporary accommodation.

Usage examples:

A fee for board and lodging

phrase

A room in someone's house that you pay money to live in

Usage examples:

He managed to find lodgings close to where he worked., we took her back to her lodgings and made su…

noun

A thick piece of soft material, typically used to protect or shape something, or to absorb liquid.

Usage examples:

A pad of cotton wool

verb

Fill or cover (something) with soft material in order to protect it or its contents, make it more comfortable, or give it a particular shape.

Usage examples:

The boxing gloves are padded with impact-resistant foam rubber

noun

The soft dull sound of steady steps.

Usage examples:

He heard the pad of feet

noun

A particular position, point, or area in space; a location.

Usage examples:

I can't be in two places at once

verb

Put in a particular position.

Usage examples:

A newspaper had been placed beside my plate

noun

An area, town, building, etc.

Usage examples:

Her garden was a cool pleasant place to sit., what was the name of that place we drove through on t…

noun

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

Usage examples:

She cut each apple into quarters

verb

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

Usage examples:

Peel and quarter the bananas

plural noun

A place where someone lives or has a business

Usage examples:

In 1998 he moved his company to larger quarters on state street.

noun

A person's home, especially a large and impressive one.

Usage examples:

The youth hostel has been adapted from a private residence

noun

The place where someone lives, or the condition of living somewhere

Usage examples:

[ c ] that big building is the governor’s official residence (= home)., [ u ] she took up residence…

noun

A home, or the fact of living in a particular home

Usage examples:

The property will be used as her main residence., many banks require proof of residence to open an …

noun

Space that can be occupied or where something can be done.

Usage examples:

There's only room for a single bed in there

verb

Share a room, house, or flat, especially a rented one at a college or similar institution.

Usage examples:

I was rooming with my cousin

noun

A thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.

Usage examples:

I sat down in the white chair while dr. clark took a seat on a stool that sat to my left.

verb

Arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere.

Usage examples:

Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall

noun

A piece of furniture or other place for someone to sit

Usage examples:

She left her jacket on the back of her seat., i got a seat on the flight to new york., please take …

noun

The place where someone or something is.

Usage examples:

His whereabouts remain secret

interrogative adverb

Where or approximately where.

Usage examples:

Whereabouts do you come from?

plural noun

The place where a person or thing is

Usage examples:

Moreno’s whereabouts are unknown, but some people think he is in panama., whereabouts is your office?