living accommodations

Definitions of living accommodations

1. noun

   structures collectively in which people are housed
   synonyms: housing, lodging

   types:

   apartment, flat

   a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

   billet

   lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)

   block

   housing in a large building that is divided into separate units

   camp

   temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers

   condominium

   housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned

   abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home

   housing that someone is living in

   hospice

   a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)

   hostel, student lodging, youth hostel

   inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)

   living quarters, quarters

   housing available for people to live in

   manufactured home, mobile home

   a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing

   pied-a-terre

   lodging for occasional or secondary use

   quartering

   living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)

   rattrap

   filthy run-down dilapidated housing

   shelter

   temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons

   tract housing

   housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land

   accommodation

   living quarters provided for public convenience

   bedsit, bedsitter, bedsitting room

   a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing)

   camp, refugee camp

   shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

   cellblock, ward

   a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

   cliff dwelling

   a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff

   cold-water flat

   an apartment without modern conveniences

   condo, condominium

   one of the dwelling units in a condominium

   diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad

   temporary living quarters

   dorm, dormitory, hall, residence hall, student residence

   a college or university building containing living quarters for students

   duplex, duplex apartment

   an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase

   efficiency apartment

   a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom

   fixer-upper

   a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price)

   flatlet

   a tiny flat

   fo'c'sle, forecastle

   living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed

   hareem, harem, seraglio, serail

   living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household

   fireside, hearth

   home symbolized as a part of the fireplace

   hermitage

   the abode of a hermit

   homestead

   dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land

   house

   a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

   lake dwelling, pile dwelling

   dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages

   indian lodge, lodge

   any of various Native American dwellings

   maisonette, maisonnette

   a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside

   messuage

   (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household

   military quarters

   living quarters for personnel on a military post

   penthouse

   an apartment located on the top floors of a building

   railroad flat

   an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them

   semi-detached house

   a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side

   studio, studio apartment

   an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen

   rooms, suite

   apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

   tennis camp

   a camp where tennis is taught

   trailer camp, trailer park

   a camp where space for house trailers can be rented; utilities are generally provided

   vacation home

   a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation

   walk-up, walk-up apartment

   an apartment in a building without an elevator

   hospital ward, ward

   block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care

   yurt

   a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing

   type of:

   construction, structure

   a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts