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English Dictionary: dwelling house by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dwelling house
n
  1. housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
    Synonym(s): dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dwelling \Dwell"ing\, n.
      Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode;
      domicile.
  
               Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons.   --Jer. xlix.
                                                                              33.
  
               God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
               Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. --Tennyson.
  
      {Dwelling house}, a house intended to be occupied as a
            residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other
            building.
  
      {Dwelling place}, place of residence.
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