1. Place of residence, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
3. Act of waiting; delay.

A physical structure (e.g., a house) that someone is living in; SYN. home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house.

ETYM From Joannes Duns Scotus, a schoolman called the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308. Originally in the phrase. Related to Note below.
These words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence; SYN. dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead.