longhouse.

A long building used as a dwelling, often accommodating an extended family or several households.

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Words that belong together

• a communal longhouse
• the longhouse interior

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Smoke rose from the communal longhouse as the visitors approached.

The longhouse interior held separate household spaces along a shared passage.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular longhouse; plural longhouses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.