abode

[US]/ə'bəʊd/
[UK]/ə'bod/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.residence; temporary stay;omen, sign.
vt.past tense and past participle of abide

Phrases & Collocations

right of abode

Example Sentences

their right of abode in Britain.

The child abode with his grandparents for two years.

Let me take you to my humble abode!

both defendants were said to be of no fixed abode .

The cave dwellers emerged from the snugness of their abodes with buckets of water and willow brooms to sprinkle and sweep, sprinkle and sweep.

I'd use wood I either coppiced or scavenged to heat myhumble abode, and a compost loo for humanure.

The child abode with his grandparents for three years before being returned to his home.

Again, some creatures live in the fields, as the cushat; some on the mountains, as the hoopoe; some frequent the abodes of men, as the pigeon.

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