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the space or room at the top of a building, under the roof, often used for storing things:
an attic
a short private road that leads from a street to a person’s house or garage (= building where a car is kept)
a driveway
a part of a building consisting of rooms that are partly or completely below the level of the ground:
basement
a piece of thick heavy cloth smaller than a carpet, used for covering the floor or for decoration:
rug
a bowl that is attached to the wall in a kitchen or bathroom in which you wash dishes or your hands, etc.:
a sink
a place to stay or live:
a container for boiling water, that has a lid, handle, and spout and is made from plastic or metal
kettle
a party that you give when you move into a new house:
a house-warming party
a large, soft, flat bag filled with feathers or artificial material, used on a bed
a building that has two floors.
a two-storey building
a piece of land next to a house, usually used for growing flowers, grass, and other plants:
a building with many storeys.
a high-rise building
a large room containing many beds, for example in a boarding school
a dormitory
a person or organization that owns a building or an area of land and is paid by other people for the use of it:
landlord/landlady
a large building that is divided into apartments
a block of flats
the activity of looking for a house to live in:
house-hunting
a small table placed beside a sofa or other piece of furniture.
end table
a small room or large cupboard in a house where food is kept
a pantry
a house built as part of a continuous row in a uniform style
terraced house
knives, forks, and spoons used for eating food - NOT SILVER
cutlery
a room, especially in a house, used for quiet work such as reading or writing
a study
a room in a house or apartment, used for activities not involving work:
a den
a legal agreement in which you pay money in order to use a building, piece of land, vehicle, etc. for a period:
a small apartment designed to be lived in by one or two people, usually with one large room for sleeping and living in, a bathroom and sometimes a separate kitchen
a studio
devices, machines, or pieces of equipment, especially an electrical one that are used in the house, such as a cooker or washing machine:
appliances