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dwelling

/ˈdwɛl.ɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Dwelling means: housing that someone is living in.

Synonyms for dwelling10

noun, as in housing that someone is living in

home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house

also used for dwelling

crib, digs, flop, homestead, livingplace

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What does dwelling mean?1

noun

1

housing that someone is living in“he built a modest dwelling near the pond”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with dwelling?8

three syllables

compelling
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Dwelling in a sentence

  • If you keep dwelling in the past, we really don't have a future together.OsoHombre
  • When the hare realised the fox had gone, it emerged from its underground dwelling.sundown
  • Millions of years ago, whales were land-dwelling animals.araneo
  • He is always dwelling on the pleasures of the past.CM
  • A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive.Hybrid
  • There's no point in dwelling on it any further.LimeGreenTeknii
  • I stopped dwelling on the past and now live for today.felidad
  • A yaranga is a spherical dwelling similar to a yurt.AlanF_US

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Forms of dwelling

as a noun

plural
dwellings