Residence

Quick meaning: Residence is a noun meaning The place where one lives (resides); one's home.

Meaning

The place where one lives (resides); one's home.

More Meanings

1. A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
2. The place where a corporation is established.
3. The state of living in a particular place or environment.
4. Accommodation for students at a university or college.
5. The place where anything rests permanently.
6. Subsidence, as of a sediment
7. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.

Example Sentences

waters of a muddy residence

Johnson took up his residence in London.

The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.

Separation[…]is wrought by Weight; as in the ordinary Residence or Settlement of Liquors.

Word Forms

• residences

Synonyms for residence

Depending on context, synonyms include rezidentura, abode, manse, abidance, hall, mansion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include residency, mansion, hall, abidance, abode, manse.

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