Buildings and Dwellings Flashcards
structure in which to live
dwelling, home, house, habitation, abode, residence, domicile, homestead, living quarters, lodgings, shelter, dwelling house, billet, accommodations
relatively large structure
edifice, building, construction, erection, construct, fabric
structure in which people work
office building, commercial building, workplace, shop, factory, store, plant, place of business
structure with individual living units
apartment hose, tenement, residential building, high-rise, cooperative apartment house, co-op building, co-op, condominium, multiple-unit dwelling
structure where lodging and usually meals are provided
boardinghouse, guest house, pension, rooming house
overnight lodging place
hotel, motel, inn, hostelry, caravansary, lodge, bed-and-breakfast
cheap lodging place
hostel, flophouse, dosshouse, fleabag, cold-water flat
large private dwelling (usually on spacious property)
mansion, estate, chateau, country house, palace, manor, manor house, family house, ancestral home, homestead, hacienda
impressive public or private dwelling
palace, palazzo
farmhouse
grange
additional or minor building
outbuilding, outhouse
large or impressive building or buildings
pile
tall building
skyscraper
pyramidal towerlike structure with winding terraces (originally a Sumerian temple)
ziggurat
luxurious country estate or retreat
villa (Russia: dacha)
group of interrelated buildings
complex, installation, facility, base
home of prebuilt sections or units
prefab, modular home, modular
tunnel-shaped prefabricated shelter of corrugated metal (and concrete floor)
Nissen hut, Quonset hut
small rural or resort-area house
cottage, cabin
simple one-story house built of lgos
log cabin
house whose rooms lie in a line front to back
shotgun house
poor or shabby dwelling
hut, shack, hovel, shanty, shed, hutch, cottage, cabin
cabin with an open breezeway
dogtrot house
primitive (Eskimo) domelike dwelling usually makde of blocks of snow
igloo
primitive circulr (Mongul) tentlike hut of hides with a conical top
yurt
primitive (Native American) conical animal skin tent
tepee
primitive (Native American) matted oval or rounded hut of bark or hides
wigwam
primitive (Native American) tepeelike hut of brushwood or mats
wickiup
primitive (Native American) mud-covered log building of various shapes
hogan
communal terraced adobe (Native American) dwelling
pueblo
primitive (Native American) bark-and-wood communal dwelling of great length
longhouse
house with widely overhanging roof as well as decoratively carved supports and balconies
chalet
house having a timber framework
frame house
small cottage or house of one story
bungalow
house whose rooms are at different one-, two-, or half story levels
split-level
luxurious one-family city house of several stories (and often of brick) and usually one of several in a row
town house
house (with two entrances) designed vertically or horizontally for two families but having a common side wall
two family house, duplex house, semidetached
small house connected to an apartment building
maisonette
house similar to others in development
tract house
house that is one of a continuous line of houses all of the same general appearance
row house
one-story house with a low-pitched roof
ranch house, ranch, rambler
house high up on a hill or mountain
aerie, eyrie
apartment suite with connecting rooms on two floors
duplex apartment, maisonette
apartment with rooms in more or less a straight line
railroad flat, railroad apartment
roof-level or special (and usually luxurious) upper-level apartment
penthouse
ground-floor apartment having its own backyard or private garden area
garden apartment
apartment with one main room (often with a high ceiling) but with kitchen and bathroom facilities
studio apartment, studio
small apartment (often furnished) with a bathroom and kitchenette
efficiency apartment, efficiency
building’s upper story converted for use as an artist’s studio or apartment
loft, atelier
building’s upper or visible part
superstructure
building’s lower or unseen part
understructure
main story of a house
bel etage
ground floor
rez-de-chaussee
intermediary and often balcony-like story
mezzanine, entresol
platform outside or around a house
deck
glass or multi-windowed porch or room for enjoying maximum sunlight
sun porch, solarium, sun parlor, sun room
glass structure for growing many plants
greenhouse, conservatory
covered or arched and usually columned walkway open on at least one side
galley, arcade, loggia, cloister
small or blind (decorative rather than structural) arcade
arcature
columns in a row and usually supporting a roof or wall
colonnade
colonnade encircling an open space or buliding
peristyle
roofed outdoor passageway between buildings
breezeway, (of a cabin) dogtrot
long walkway within a structure or between buildings
passageway
level open grassy or paved area for walking
esplanade
interior open area
courtyard, court, cloister
platform-like and usually paved open recreational area alonside a house
terrace, patio
depressed open area at cellar or basement level
areaway
level space that encompasses a building site
parterre
ornamental garden with paths
parterre
garden decoratively interspersed with rocks
rock garden, rockery
walkway or arbor with vine-covered posts and trelliswork
pergola
small roofed open structure in a garden or with a pleasant view
belvedere, gazebo, summer house, pavilion
roofed entranced structure
porch, portico
roofed and railinged platform fronting or around part of a house
porch, veranda
small porch or entrance stairway
stoop
screen-walled or roofed driveway (along a house entrance or to an interior courtyard) for vehicles
porte cohere, carriage porch
front wall
facade, face
protective or ornamental covering on the front of a building
facing
projecting brace supporting a building externally
buttress
low protective wall along a roof or platform
parapet
defensive or decorative notched parapet topping a wall
battlement
building’s external angle or corner, or the stone forming it
quoin, cornerstone
triangular part of a roofs end or building’s projection (sometimes with a window)
gable
above-the-roof gable with “steps” or setbacks
crowstep gable, corbiestep
small sloping-roof or attic gable often with a window (all in all like a miniature house)
dormer
low or small dormer over which the roofing curves
eyebrow
horizontal frame-like (and often decorative) projection all along the top of a wall
cornice
projecting block (one of many) beneath a cornice
dentil
part (lower) of roof overhanging the wall
eave
rounded vertical support
pillar, column
square or rectangular vertical support
pier
rectangular vertical support not freestanding but projecting from part of a wall
pilaster
scroll-like or spiral ornamental feature
volute
wall’s clamp-like support (beneath a roof or overhang)
bracket, corbel
ornament scroll-like projection beneath a cornice
modillion
projecting curved or foliage-like ornament high up on a building
crocket