Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah[obs3].
     bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation[obs3]; barrack,
casemate[obs3], casern[obs3].
     tent &c. (covering) 223; building &c. (construction) 161; chamber &c.
(receptacle) 191; xenodochium[obs3].
     tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft[obs3].
     cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel,
bothy[obs3], shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen &c. (inclosure) 232; barn, bawn[obs3]; kennel, sty, doghold[obs3], cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary[obs3], columbarium; shippen[obs3]; igloo, iglu[obs3], jacal[obs3]; lacustrine dwelling[obs3], lacuslake dwelling[obs3], lacuspile dwelling[obs3]; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang*, tepee, topek[obs3].
     house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in
urbe[Lat], folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa[Sp], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple &c. 1000.
     hamlet, village, thorp[obs3], dorp[obs3], ham, kraal; borough, burgh,
town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto.
     street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda[obs3], board walk,
embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd[Scot], close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews.
     square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade,
peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza.
     anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor.
     quarter, parish &c. (region) 181.
     assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn;
hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow[obs3], khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house* [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop[obs3], dive [U.S.], exchange [euphemism, U.S.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen[obs3]; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet[obs3], posada[obs3]; almshouse[obs3], poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.].
     garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance[obs3], demesne.
     [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn,
stall; zoo. 
     V. take up one’s abode &c. (locate oneself) 184; inhabit &c. (be
present) 186. 
     Adj. urban, metropolitan; suburban; provincial, rural, rustic;
domestic; cosmopolitan; palatial. 
     Phr. eigner Hert ist goldes Werth[Ger]; “even cities have their
graves” [Longfellow]; ubi libertas ibi patria[Lat]; home sweet home.

#190. [Things contained.] Contents.—­ N. contents; cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag; cartload[obs3], shipload; cup of, basket of, &c. (receptacle) 191 of; inside &c. 221; stuffing, ullage.

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