houseboats

noun

Definition of houseboatsnext
plural of houseboat
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as in riverboats

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as in RVs

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  1. trailers
  2. villas
  3. mansions
Noun
  • There are homes in south Dayton, Franklin, Springboro, Carlisle, Middletown, trailers north of Mason, apartment complexes for seniors.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Mufasa also has had three trailers out, and a teaser for tickets on sale, versus Sonic‘s two.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of trailers
Noun
  • The town is just a short drive inland from Venice, in the countryside where many of the city’s wealthy families kept their summer homes and villas.
    John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Collectively, the properties offer nine pools; three waterslides; and 733 rooms and villas.
    Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of villas
Noun
  • That private home, one of many stately mansions built across Somerset County in those days, was first built as the residence of Kate Everit Macy and her husband Walter Graeme Ladd.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Unlike today’s West Village mansions, the 20-foot-wide house is still divided into a labyrinth of smaller rooms — with two bedrooms per floor on the top two stories and on the garden level.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of mansions
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