abode

4 definitions • 8 examples

the place where someone lives:

humble abode humorous Welcome to my humble abode!

no fixed abode UK formal The defendant is of no fixed abode (= has no permanent home).

Please list your permanent address or, if you are a citizen of another county, the address of your habitual abode in this country.

Despite being called The Cottage, their estate was the largest abode in the county.

I bought you some nice candlesticks for your new abode.

the place where someone lives:

[ C ] He was a wanderer with no permanent abode.

a home or permanent place to live:

He voted to allow 50,000 Hong Kong families the right of abode in Britain.

used in legal cases to say that someone does not have a permanent address:

Three men, all of no fixed abode, appeared in court charged with violent disorder.