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# bungalow

noun (a bungalow, bungalows)

«bungalow» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A bungalow is a house with only one floor, without stairs to an upstairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#m1)
2. (South Asia, older use) A large one-storey house with a veranda. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#m2)
3. (US) A small, cosy house, often with a low roof and a porch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and geography lessons about homes: houses, flats, bungalows, cottages. Older people often live in bungalows because there are no stairs. Phrases: «a seaside bungalow», «live in a bungalow».

### Examples

- Grandma lives in a bungalow, so she doesn't climb stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#x1)
- Our holiday bungalow had a veranda facing the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#x2)
- A bungalow has all its rooms on one floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#x3)
- They moved from a flat into a little bungalow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#x4)
- The street is full of brick bungalows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#x5)
- In Australia many old houses are weatherboard bungalows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#x6)
- Then the bungalow will be empty, and Rikki-tikki will go.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/#x7)

### Note

Plural «bungalows». The word came into English from India (from a word meaning «from Bengal»). Not the same as a «cottage» (a small country house, often with two floors).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bungalow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bungalow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bungalow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bungalow.html) on Mova free.