dwellinghouse

== English == === Alternative forms === dwelling house dwelling-house === Etymology === From dwelling +‎ house. === Noun === dwellinghouse (plural dwellinghouses) (law) A house intended as a residential building (and not, for example, as a place of business). Hypernyms: house (often elliptically synonymous), dwelling < place, site, location Coordinate terms: courthouse, firehouse, greenhouse, jailhouse, meetinghouse, outhouse, schoolhouse, springhouse, warehouse