From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdwellingdwell‧ing /ˈdwelɪŋ/ noun [countable] formal DHTBa house, apartment etc where people live
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dwelling• By 1951 the Labour government had built 900,000 houses, falling short of its target of 240,000 dwellings a year.• It is not surprising, therefore, that by the 1970s, more of the newly built dwellings were privately built.• Most of them are single-family dwellings, which is like calling the Taj Mahal nice digs.• In the morning sunlight Dent was no longer a fantasy but a solid and compact cluster of dwellings of a past age.• Building models found in various places make explicit the connection between the Goddess and temples or dwellings.• The Housing Act 1988 is likely to reduce the stock of public-sector dwellings substantially.• Various small dwellings pressed against its sides like the farrow of a sow.From Longman Business Dictionarydwellingdwell‧ing /ˈdwelɪŋ/ noun [countable] LAW a place where someone livesNew housing is expected to rise 15% this year to 180,000 dwellings. 