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Sets of rooms for accommodation

accommodation

noun

accommodations

accommodations

noun

a place to live, especially a temporary place such as a hotel room. The British word is accommodation

apartment

noun

a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building. The usual British word is flat.

bachelor apartment

noun

a small apartment, consisting of a main room for living in, a kitchen, and a bathroom, suitable for a person who is not married

bachelor pad

noun

an apartment where a man who is not married lives

bedsit

noun

a room that you rent that is used for both living and sleeping in

condo

noun

a condominium

condominium

noun

an apartment in a condominium

digs

noun

an apartment or other place to live

duplex

noun

an apartment that has rooms on two levels

efficiency

noun

an efficiency apartment

efficiency apartment

noun

a small apartment that usually already has furniture and has no separate bedroom, and only a very small bathroom and kitchen

flat

noun

an apartment

garden apartment

noun

an apartment that is on the lowest floor of a building and that leads directly to a yard

living quarters

noun

the rooms where people live, for example in a ship or large institution

lodgings

noun

a room or a set of rooms in someone’s house that you pay to live in

loft

noun

an upper floor in a factory or similar building that has been made into apartments

maisonette

noun

an apartment with two levels in a building

pad

noun

the place where someone lives, especially an apartment

penthouse

noun

an expensive apartment at the top of a tall building in a fashionable area of a city

residence

noun

a house or other place where someone lives, especially a large house used by an important person

rooms

noun

a set of rooms that you rent, usually in another person’s house or in a college

studio

noun

a small apartment that has only one main room

suite

noun

a set of rooms

unit

noun

one of the apartments that a building or group of buildings is divided into

walk-up

noun

an apartment or office in a tall building that has no elevator

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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