dwellingdwell‧ing /ˈdwelɪŋ/ noun [countable] formal 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Building models found in various places make explicit the connection between the Goddess and temples or dwellings.
- By 1951 the Labour government had built 900,000 houses, falling short of its target of 240,000 dwellings a year.
- In the morning sunlight Dent was no longer a fantasy but a solid and compact cluster of dwellings of a past age.
- It is not surprising, therefore, that by the 1970s, more of the newly built dwellings were privately built.
- Most of them are single-family dwellings, which is like calling the Taj Mahal nice digs.
- The Housing Act 1988 is likely to reduce the stock of public-sector dwellings substantially.
- Various small dwellings pressed against its sides like the farrow of a sow.
WORD SETS► Building
Collocationsaisle, nounbelfry, nounbiomass, nounbooth, nounbreakwater, nounbridge, nounbridge, verbclapboard, nouncondemn, verbcondo, nounconstructor, nouncourtyard, nouncubicle, nouncupola, noundais, nounderrick, noundes res, noundeveloper, noundevelopment, noundome, noundomed, adjectivedry rot, nounDumpster, noundump truck, nounduplex, nounDutch barn, noundwelling, noundyke, nouneaves, nounelevator, nounescalator, nounestate, nounexit, nounfarmstead, nounfence, nounfirebrick, nounflagged, adjectiveflagstone, nounfortify, verbfoundation stone, nounfountain, nounfreehold, nounglazier, nounglazing, noungrating, noungroin, noungroyne, nounhandrail, nounhousing estate, nounhut, nouninsulation, nounironwork, nounlandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlevee, nounlisted, adjectivelow-rise, adjectivelychgate, nounmanor, nounmansion, nounmarble, nounmason, nounmasonry, nounminaret, nounmulti-storey, adjectivemulti-storey, nounopen-plan, adjectivepanel, nounpanelled, adjectivepantile, nounpillar, nounplatform, nounportal, nounportcullis, nounprecast, adjectiveprefab, nounprefabricated, adjectivepre-stressed, adjectivepublic works, nounQuonset hut, nounrailing, nounredecorate, verbredevelop, verbrevolving door, nounriser, nounrising damp, nounrivet, nounrood screen, nounroof, nounroom, nounroughcast, nounrow house, nounsalon, nounsash window, nounseawall, nounshelter, nounstanchion, nounstorey, nounstrut, nounsubside, verbsubsidence, nounsubstructure, nounsuperstructure, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbsurveyor, nounswing bridge, nountar, nountar, verbtower, nountriplex, nounurban renewal, nounwatercourse, nounwicket gate, nounwindbreak, nounwindmill, nounyard, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► new
a house, apartment etc where people live· As the scheme applies to nearly all new dwellings, the Act is usually limited to alterations and conversions.· However, the Act did not apply to new dwellings built after 1919 or to dwellings converted to flats after that date.· As almost 12,000 houses had been started by 1987, the overall target was raised to 25,000 new dwellings.· However, since the 1950s some 226 new dwellings have been built.
► private· Over 2800 private sector dwellings were built between 1931 and 1940.· Even private dwellings follow the same pattern.· Public or private - the dwelling exception Under the previous law, the offence could be committed in public only.· It was incorporated by the architect, Alexander Skirving, into a private dwelling house he was building in Langside Avenue.· In order to exclude domestic disputes, there is a proviso that the offence can not be committed inside a private dwelling.· It has now been sold and is a private dwelling and pottery workshop.· Safety glazing is effective but the high cost sometimes prohibits its use in private dwellings.
► small· A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings, intimate as those at Skara Brae.· He made a pass across the small cluster of dwellings, wheeled and dipped down for a second pass.· Various small dwellings pressed against its sides like the farrow of a sow.· I entered one of the roofless, small dwellings.
NOUN► house· A dwelling house was let at the rent of 16s. 5d. per week.· It was incorporated by the architect, Alexander Skirving, into a private dwelling house he was building in Langside Avenue.· Tenby Tudor Merchant's House A beautifully furnished late medieval dwelling house near the harbour.
► place· It was not designed as a dwelling place in the first instance.· But this is my dwelling place and has been for nearly four months now.· It was economical, thought Lydia, and reassuring to make your dwelling place of the same indigenous material as your grave.· Tell me, he said, your ideal dwelling place.· Any emptying should not involve the contents being taken through a dwelling place or place of work other than an open covered space.
VERB► build· Many mages build their dwellings along these channels and many places of power occur where the lines intersect.· When land had been apportioned, each family built their own dwelling.
► convert· It was not long before the empty site was converted into dwellings.· They in turn sold the property, which has now been converted into a dwelling.· But it would take 10 to 20 years to convert every dwelling.· A fire destroyed some parts of the western end, and then with more rebuilding it was converted into four dwellings.· The former was converted into a dwelling during the 1920s; the latter two have both been demolished.· By the late 1930s it had been converted to a dwelling and remains so to this day.