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Definition of Abode
1. Noun. Any address at which you dwell more than temporarily. "A person can have several residences"
Generic synonyms: Address
Specialized synonyms: Domicile, Legal Residence, Home, Place
2. Noun. Housing that someone is living in. "They raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
Terms within: Bath, Bathroom, Bedchamber, Bedroom, Chamber, Sleeping Accommodation, Sleeping Room, Den, Dinette, Dining Room, Dining-room, Dressing Room, Family Room, Kitchen, Front Room, Living Room, Living-room, Parlor, Parlour, Sitting Room
Specialized synonyms: Cliff Dwelling, Condo, Condominium, Fixer-upper, Fireside, Hearth, Hermitage, Homestead, House, Lake Dwelling, Pile Dwelling, Indian Lodge, Lodge, Messuage, Semi-detached House, Vacation Home, Yurt
Generic synonyms: Housing, Living Accommodations, Lodging
Derivative terms: Domiciliary, Dwell, Home
Definition of Abode
1. n. Act of waiting; delay.
2. n. An omen.
3. v. t. To bode; to foreshow.
4. v. i. To be ominous.
Definition of Abode
1. Noun. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. ¹
2. Noun. (uncommon outside fixed expressions) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. ¹
3. Noun. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. ¹
4. Verb. (past of abide) ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) An omen. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To be ominous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abode
1. to forebode [v ABODED, ABODING, ABODES] - See also: forebode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abode
Literary usage of Abode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Roger Meeson, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1841)
"... his name and place and places of abode for the last preceding twelve months,
and also the name or names and place or places of abode of the attorney or ..."
2. Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by Thomas (Sir). Malory (1868)
"Thus the great host abode at Dover. And then Sir Lionel took fifteen lords with him,
... So all these seven noble knights there abode still. ..."
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