INDEX:
1. different types of house
2. different types of apartment
3. a place for someone to live
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1. different types of house
▷ house /haʊs/ [countable noun]
a building for people to live in, that may have more than one level, and may either stand separately or be joined to other buildings :
▪ Our house is the one with the red door.
▪ I went over to Barbara’s house after school.
▪ The street was lined with identical red-brick houses.
detached house
British a house that is not joined to another house
▪ a detached house in Surrey
semi-detached house
British a house that is joined to another house on one side
▪ a three-bedroom semi-detached house
terraced house British /row house
American a house that is in a row of houses that are all joined together
▪ The street ran between rows of dingy terraced houses.
▷ cottage /ˈkɒtɪdʒǁˈkɑː-/ [countable noun]
a small house, especially an old house in the country - use this especially about houses in the UK :
▪ She lives in a charming cottage deep in the Kent countryside.
▪ a row of thatched cottages in a rural village
▷ bungalow /ˈbʌŋgələʊ/ [countable noun]
a small house in which all the rooms are on the same level :
▪ He and his wife lived in a modern bungalow on the outskirts of the city.
▷ townhouse /ˈtaʊnhaʊs/ [countable noun] American
a house in a group of houses that share one or more walls :
▪ Old buildings were knocked down, and new apartments and townhouses built.
▷ mansion /ˈmænʃ ə n/ [countable noun]
a very large and impressive house :
▪ a magnificent mansion set in 2000 acres of countryside
▪ an eleven-bedroom mansion in Hancock Park
2. different types of apartment
▷ apartment /əˈpɑːʳtmənt/ [countable noun] especially American
a set of rooms that are usually all on the same level and are part of a larger building :
▪ They went back to her apartment for a cup of coffee.
▪ There was no point in paying rent for an empty apartment.
apartment building
a building that has several apartments on each level
▪ Small apartment buildings filled with families line the street.
high-rise apartment building
a tall apartment building with many levels
▪ High-rise apartment buildings have gone up where once there was open land.
▷ flat /flæt/ [countable noun] British
a set of rooms that are usually all on the same level and are part of a larger building :
▪ Stella and Keith moved into a cold, damp flat together.
▪ a group of students in a shared flat
block of flats
a building that consists of different levels and has several flats on each level
▪ Lisa lives on the nineteenth floor of a block of flats in London.
▷ condominium also condo informal /ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəmǁˌkɑːn-, ˈkɒndəʊǁˈkɑːn-/ [countable noun] American
an apartment in a building that consists of several apartments, all of which are owned by the people who live in them :
▪ He lives in a condo in San Jose.
▪ They rent out their condominium to skiers during the winter.
3. a place for someone to live
▷ housing /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ [uncountable noun]
the houses, flats etc within a particular area that are available for or are provided for people to live in :
▪ Most of the housing in the area is sub-standard and nothing is being done to improve it.
▪ The council is making a great effort to provide cheap housing and more public facilities.
▷ accommodation /əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃ ə nǁəˌkɑː-/ [uncountable noun] formal
a place where people can live or stay, including houses, flats, hotels etc :
▪ The holiday costs about £400 for a week’s accommodation and flights.
student/rented/holiday etc accommodation
▪ I’ve been looking in the newspapers for student accommodation but it’s all so expensive.
▷ home /həʊm/ [countable noun usually plural]
a house, flat etc for people to live in - used especially in advertisements or to talk about large numbers of homes :
▪ They want to build forty luxury homes on a disused railway site.
▪ Between 1945 and 1970 the government built 110,000 new homes for low-paid workers.
▷ somewhere to live /ˌsʌmweəʳ tə ˈlɪv/ [noun phrase]
a place where you can live - use this especially when this is difficult to get :
▪ I’ll stay at my grandmother’s at first, until I find somewhere to live.
▪ Students looking for somewhere to live can go the university accommodation service.
▷ a roof over your head /ə ˌruːf əʊvə jɔːʳ ˈhed/ [noun phrase] informal
a place to live - use this especially when you are comparing this with the possibility of not having anywhere to live at all :
▪ It doesn’t matter what kind of place it is, at least you’ll have a roof over your head.
▪ It’s hard to be cheerful when you haven’t even got a roof over your head.
▷ estate also housing estate /ɪˈsteɪt, ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɪˌsteɪt/ [countable noun] British
an area where houses have all been built together in a planned way :
▪ Jane has her own house on a neat housing estate in the south-east.
council estate
an estate built by the local government, especially to be rented
▪ They live in a block of flats on a bleak council estate.
▷ housing project/projects /ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˌprɒdʒekt, ˈprɒdʒektsǁ-ˌprɑː-/ [] American informal
a group of houses or apartments usually built with government money for poor people to rent :
▪ Under this proposal, Federal money will no longer go to public housing projects but will go instead directly to the people.
▪ Chicago’s Cabrini Green housing project
▪ She says she wants something better for her kids than what she had in the projects.
▷ development /dɪˈveləpmənt/ [countable noun]
a group of new buildings that have all been planned and built together on the same piece of land :
▪ New developments are springing up all around the town.