lake dwelling

1. 1.

   dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages

   Synonymspile dwelling

   Broaderdwelling

Questions about lake dwelling

What does lake dwelling mean?

lake dwelling means "dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages".

What is another word for lake dwelling?

Close synonyms include pile dwelling. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lake dwelling a common word?

lake dwelling is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.