Types of houses - Definitions

an apartment building

A lot of families live there.

a caravan

A wheeled vehicle for living or travelling

a block of flats

They can be very high. A lot of families live there.

a detached house

This house does not have any other touching it.

terraced houses

a house that is one of a row of houses that are joined together on each side (noun)

a semi-detached house

a house which is joined to another house by one wall that they share

a bungalow

a low house with a broad front porch, typically no upstairs

a house

a place where people live with its children.

a tent

a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over, attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope.First used as portable homes by nomadic peoples, tents are now more often used for recreational camping and temporary shelters.

a ranch house

a single floor family home with a low roof and attached garage is extremely popular in the South and West of the US Am

a tree house

a small building or shelter built among the branches of a tree

a login cabin

a small house just one or two rooms in it.

a tepee

a type of tent in the shape of a cone made from animal skins that was the traditional shelter of some Native Americans

a skyscraper

a very tall building

a yurt

foldable homes used by people in Central Asia, most commonly in Mongolia

Log cabin

it is a traditional Russian countryside dwelling.

cottages

only one or two rooms, slept on straw with animals, crude diet: bread, grain, cheese, veggies, soup

an igloo

snow houses are made up of snow blocks built up into the shape of a dome in Alaska Greenland.

a cave house

the earliest form of dwelling; can be found in Spain, Turkey, China and the United States.