Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dwellinghouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dwelling-house
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A house intended as a residential building (and not, for example, as a place of business).

Etymology

From dwelling + house.

Inflected Forms

dwellinghouses (plural) dwelling house (alternative) dwelling-house (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

courthouse firehouse greenhouse jailhouse meetinghouse outhouse schoolhouse springhouse

Questions

What does dwellinghouse mean?
A house intended as a residential building (and not, for example, as a place of business).
Where does dwellinghouse come from?
From dwelling + house.

How to pronounce dwellinghouse

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