Words for Things(Houses)
apartment: a place to live that is part of a larger building, owned by a landlord who collects monthly rent
They will rent an apartment until they have enough money to buy a house.
cabin: a small, roughly built house
The family likes to stay in a cabin in the mountains in the summer.
a bedroom on a ship
The cabins on the ship are quite small.
an inside area of an airplane
Those airplanes have a very large passenger cabin.
condominium: building or group of buildings whose apartments are individually owned
They are building a new condominium near here.
an apartment in a condominium
As soon as he graduated he bought a condominium in the city.
cottage: a small house of one story
His family has a cottage at the beach, where they go every summer.
house: a building designed as a place to live
They are expecting a baby and want to move to a bigger house.
hut: a small shelter, with no amenities
The children made a hut in the woods.
mansion: a large house
The mayor's official residence is beautiful mansion.
rambler: a house, bigger than a cottage, that has a number of rooms that are all on one floor.
They are looking for a rambler, because her mother can't climb steps.
townhouse: a house built in a row of houses, with side walls connected
Townhouses usually have a lot of steps.