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yurt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dormitory noun A large room or building with many beds, used for communal sleeping, especially by students.
  • home noun The place where someone lives, especially with their family.
  • homeland noun The country a person considers home, often their country of birth or ancestry.
  • hometown noun The town or city where a person was born or grew up.
  • yurt noun A round, portable tent with straight walls and a cone-shaped roof, traditionally used by nomadic peoples of Central Asia and Mongolia.

Senses

yurt is used for these senses in English:

  • home One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
  • homeland The country that one regards as home.
  • hometown An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
  • yurt A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).

dormitory — full definition

  1. noun A large room or building with many beds, used for communal sleeping, especially by students.
  2. noun A suburb or town whose residents mostly commute elsewhere for work.

home — full definition

  1. noun The place where someone lives, especially with their family.
  2. adj Relating to one's own dwelling or country, as opposed to abroad.
  3. adv To or at one's place of residence.

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