Dictionary Entry
residence
residence is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.
- 2noun
The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.
- 3noun
The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
- 4noun
The place where anything rests permanently.
- 5noun
Subsidence, as of a sediment.
- 6noun
That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
- 7noun
the act of dwelling in a place
- 8noun
a large and imposing house
- 9noun
the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
"he refused to live in the governor's residence"
- 10noun
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
"a person can have several residences"
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