Adoble
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A house made from sun-dried bricks
of clay and straw - usually built in warm, dry climates like the south
western U.S.
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Apartment
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A set of rooms in a building which
usually contains other similar sets of rooms.
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Barracks
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A building or set of buildings
used to house soldiers.
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Boardinghouse
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A house in which rooms are rented
and meals are served in a common dining room.
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Bungalow
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A small house with a low,wide roof
and a porch. It is usually one story high.
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Chalet
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A mountain house with a
wide,overhanging roof and posts and beams. The style originated in
Switzerland.
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Chateau
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A home for nuns.
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Cottage
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A small country home or summer
house used for vacations.
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Duplex Apartment
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An apartment with two floors of
living space.
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Duplex House
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A house divided into two living
units.
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Estate
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A large country house with
seperate buildings on a large tract of land.
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Farmhouse
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Thie dwelling for people who live
and work on a farm raising animals or crops.
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Flat
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An apartment on one floor of a
building.
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Geodesic Dome
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A large, flat-bottom boat used as
a home.
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Hogan
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A building made of logs and mud,
used by the Navaho Indians.
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Igloo
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A house built by Eskimos of blocks
of ice. The name means "hot house".
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Jacal
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A thatched hut made of intertwined
branches and mud, built in Mexico.
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Konah
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A large home in Turkey.
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Lodge
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A house usually located in a
remote place and used for hunting or skiing.
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Loft
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An apartment in a warehouse or
business building.
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Log Cabin
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A small house made of unhewn
timber.
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Manse
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In Scotland, a house in which a
minister lives.
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Mobile Home
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A trailor used as a permanent home
and made without a permanent foundation.
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Nissen Hut
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A premade shelter with a
semicircular arching roof of corrugated iron, and containing a cement floor.
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Octagon House
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A house with eight sides.
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Palace
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A large, grand building in which
royally live.
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Penthouse
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A large apartment located at the
top of building.
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Quonest Hut
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A premade, portable circular hut
made of metal and used by the U.S. Army.
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Rectory
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The house in which a Roman
Catholic priest or Episcopal cergyman lives.
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Shanty
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A shack.
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Sod House
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A house made of bricks of sod,
which is earth with grass and its roots. In the 19th century, these were
built on the American prairie where there were no trees. Just grassy land.
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Studio Apartment
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A one-room apartment with a
kitchen and bathroom.
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Tent
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A portable house made of skins,
Canvas, or nylon.
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Tepee, Tipi
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A cone-shaped portable home made
of buffalo skins and tree saplings, used by the American Indians of the Great
Plains.
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Tenement`
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A rundown, low-rent apartment
building.
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Underground House
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An earth shelter built below the
ground. The earth keeps the house warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
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Villa
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A large country or resort home.
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Wigwarm
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A hut with a frame made of poles
and covered iwht bark,rush mats, or hides, used by American Indians.
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Yurt
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A circular, portable, hut used as
a home by asian shepherds. It is similar to the American wigwarm.
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Zareba
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An African fort made of thorny
bushes.
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