close
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041315/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abode

abode

noun
\ ə-ˈbōd How to pronounce abode (audio) \

Definition of abode

1 : the place where one lives : home were reluctant to leave their lifelong abode Welcome to my humble abode.
2 : a temporary stay : sojourn … if any such dares to continue his abode in a family where his coming was an unauthorized intrusion …— Walter Scott
3 obsolete : wait, delay

Keep scrolling for more

Examples of abode in a Sentence

welcome to my humble abode
Recent Examples on the Web Crowe’s mess of incongruous pop imagery makes Show Them the Way the ultimate in Hollywood liberal political kitsch, although triggered by Nicks’s uneasy lyrical musings at her Hamptons abode. Armond White, National Review, "Stevie Nicks, Like Springsteen, Preaches and Preens," 28 Oct. 2020 He was released from prison on July and is serving the rest of his 3-year sentence in home confinement in his New York City abode. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, "Michael Cohen responds to Trump’s positive COVID-19 test: 'This was all preventable'," 3 Oct. 2020 Every Halloween since 2012, David and Jessica Gentry have converted their Irish Channel abode into an over-the-top animatronic display. Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, "Magazine Street's Ghost Manor is on hiatus; replaced with a spidery, coronavirus photo-op instead," 19 Oct. 2020 Pawlcyn had lived in the cozy, two-bedroom abode on the Silverado Trail for 31 years. Carolyn Jung, SFChronicle.com, "Legendary Napa chef Cindy Pawlcyn loses 3,800 cookbooks after home burns in Glass Fire," 13 Oct. 2020 And yet, around fourteen months ago, someone—or someones—at Amazon wrote up a future press release for a multi-camera drone that flies from room to room in your home, surveilling your abode from overhead. Lauren Goode, Wired, "Amazon’s Bizarre Home Drone Flies Around Inside Your House," 24 Sep. 2020 Their fourth abode since January, the price tag was just under $15 million, according to Variety and the Los Angeles Times. Maria Puente, USA TODAY, "It's been 6 months since Harry and Meghan moved to LA post-Megxit: Are they happy now?," 23 Sep. 2020 Another oddball abode has been added to the popular, now virtual Portland Weird Homes Tour on Saturday, Sept. 26: A Portland house packed with puppets. oregonlive, "See inside more oddball abodes: Portland Weird Homes Tour comes to you with a live Zoom," 12 Sep. 2020 The more relaxing option is to enjoy the chef’s food on the modest patio Elephant Jumps shares with two other restaurants in the shopping strip, or better yet, in the comfort of your own abode. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, "These three restaurants can help you keep date night on your to-do list," 21 Aug. 2020

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'abode.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

See MoreBERJAYABERJAYA

First Known Use of abode

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

History and Etymology for abode

Middle English abade, abode, from bade, bode "stay, delay" (going back to Old English bād "expectation, period of waiting," probably going back to Germanic *baiđ-, noun derivative from the base of *bīđ- "wait, bide") crossed with abiden "to abide"

Keep scrolling for more

Learn More about abode

Time Traveler for abode

Time Traveler

The first known use of abode was in the 13th century

See more words from the same century

Statistics for abode

Last Updated

5 Nov 2020

Cite this Entry

“Abode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abode. Accessed 8 Nov. 2020.

Keep scrolling for more

More Definitions for abode

abode

Kids Definition of abode

 (Entry 1 of 2)

past tense of abide

abode

noun
\ ə-ˈbōd How to pronounce abode (audio) \

Kids Definition of abode (Entry 2 of 2)

: the place where someone stays or lives

abode

Legal Definition of abode

past and past participle of abide

Keep scrolling for more

Comments on abode

What made you want to look up abode? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

WORD OF THE DAY

Test Your Vocabulary

Where in the World? A Quiz

  • peter bruegel tower of babel painting
  • What language does pajama come from?
Spell It

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

TAKE THE QUIZ
Add Diction

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!