man ‧ sion /ˈmænʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin mansio , from manere ; ⇨ ↑ manor ]
1 . a very large house:
a beautiful country mansion
2 . Mansions used in Britain in the names of some apartment buildings:
19 Carlyle Mansions
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THESAURUS
▪ house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in:
Annie and Rick have just bought their first house.
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The price of houses is going up all the time.
▪ detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house:
a detached four-bedroomed house
▪ semi-detached house British English a house that is joined to another house on one side
▪ terraced house British English , row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined together
▪ townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city:
an 18th-century townhouse in Bath
▪ cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK:
a little cottage in the country
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a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)
▪ bungalow a small house that is all on one level:
Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.
▪ country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest:
The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.
▪ mansion a very large house:
the family’s Beverly Hills mansion
▪ mobile home ( also trailer American English ) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place
▪ ranch house American English a long narrow house that is all on one level:
a California ranch house
▪ duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes