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dwelling house vs pit-house

pit-house vs dwelling house

dwelling house and pit-house both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dwelling house Yes No No No
pit-house Yes No No No
As nouns, pit-house is a hyponym of dwelling house; that is, pit-house is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dwelling house:
  • dwelling house: housing that someone is living in
  • pit-house: a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
dwelling house (noun) pit-house (noun)
housing that someone is living in a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
Difference between dwelling house and pit-house

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