the native habitat or home of an animal or plant

housing that someone is living in; he built a modest dwelling near the pond; they raise money to provide homes for the homeless

[ Syn: dwelling , home , domicile , abode , dwelling house ]

the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony

[ Syn: inhabitancy , inhabitation ]