Wednesday 30 May 2018

Homes of people and other animals


Homes
An igloo=Eskimo; a house=people; a hive=bees; an earth=fox; a den=lion; a pigeon-shed=pigeon; a vicarage=vicar; a sty=hog; a burrow=rabbit; a hutch= tame rabbit; a nest=bird.
Hare= A hare's home is known as a form. 
mole= fortress, a burrow, or a tunnel, hole

ant-anthill, pig-pigsty, bee-beehive, bird-nest, bear-cave, cow-shed, dog-kennel, fish-water, goldfish-aquarium, mouse-mouse hole, hermit-crab=shell, rabbit-burrow, chicken-coop, horse-stable, dolphin-sea, frog-pond, duck-duck pond, spider-web, snake-hole.
Other animal homes
badger – sett, otter – holt, eagle – eyrie, pig- pigsty, bat – cave (roost), sheep – pen, cow – shed, squirrel – drey, termite – mound,
Animals
Rabbit=warren (burrow), spider=web, lion= den, fox=earth, bear=cave, dog= kennel, rabbit, ant= nest, nest (or hill), bee= hive, horse= stable.
nest=mice/wasps
monastery= monk
a cottage= a small house specially in the country
a house= a building for people to live
a bungalow=a house built on one level, without stairs
flat=people
a palace= a house where king and queen live
orphanage=orphans (living place of the children who have no parents)

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