| Main Entry: | shack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shanty |
Synonyms: |
cabin, camp, cottage, hut, lean-to, shed, shelter, small house, tiny house |
| Main Entry: | cabin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny house; lodging |
Synonyms: |
berth, box, caboose, camp, chalet, compartment, cot, cottage, crib, deckhouse, home, hovel, hut, lodge, log house, quarters, room, shack, shanty, shed, shelter |
| Main Entry: | camp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | site for outdoor living |
Synonyms: |
bivouac, campfire, campground, camping ground, caravansary, chalet, cottage, encampment, hut, lean-to, lodge, log cabin, shack, shanty, shed, summer home, tent, tent city, tepee, tilt, wigwam |
| Main Entry: | cottage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny house; lodging |
Synonyms: |
box, bungalow, cabana, cabin, caboose, camp, carriage house, chalet, cot, home, hut, lean-to, lodge, ranch, shack, shanty, small house |
| Main Entry: | dump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slummy establishment |
Synonyms: |
hole, hovel, joint*, mess*, pigpen, pigsty, shack, shanty, slum, sty |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human habitat |
Synonyms: |
abode, apartment, box*, building, bullpen, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, coop, crash pad, crib*, cubbyhole, den, diggings, digs, domicile, dump*, dwelling, edifice, flat, flophouse, habitation, hole in the wall, home, home plate, homestead, joint, kennel, layout, lean-to, mansion, pad, pied-à-terre, pigpen, pigsty, rack, residence, residency, roof, roost, setup, shack, shanty, turf* |
| Notes: | a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Main Entry: | hovel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny unkempt house |
Synonyms: |
burrow, cabin, cottage, den, dump*, hole*, hut, hutch, lean-to, pigpen, pigsty, rathole, rattrap, shack, shanty, shed, stall, sty |
| Main Entry: | hut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny, often roughly built, house |
Synonyms: |
box*, bungalow, cabana, cabin, camp, chalet, cot, cottage, crib*, den, dugout, dump*, hovel, hutch, lean-to, lodge, log house, pigeonhole, rathole, refuge, shack, shanty, shed, shelter, summer house, tepee, wigwam |
| Main Entry: | lodge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cabin; vacation residence |
Synonyms: |
abode, auberge, burrow, camp, chalet, cottage, couch, country house, den, dormitory, dwelling, gatehouse, haunt, home, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, house, hut, inn, motel, public house, retreat, roadhouse, shack, shanty, shelter, stopover, tavern, villa |
| Main Entry: | shelter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection, habitat |
Synonyms: |
apartment, asylum, cave, co-op, condo, cover, covert, crib*, defense, den, digs, dwelling, guard, guardian, harbor, harborage, haven, hermitage, hide, hideaway, hideout, hole in the wall, home, homeplate, house, housing, hut, joint*, lodging, pad, pen, port, preserve, protector, quarterage, rack, refuge, retirement, retreat, roof, roof over head, roost, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shack, shade, shadow, shed, shield, tent, tower, turf, umbrella |