Meaning & use
manor house
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UK/ˈmænə haʊs/
US/ˈmænər haʊs/
Meaning
nouncountable
A large country house, historically the home of the lord of a manor and now often a grand old residence or hotel.
Grammar: Plural: manor houses.
Patterns
- a manor house
They married in a manor house in the Cotswolds.
The manor house has fifty rooms and a walled garden.
The old manor house is now a hotel.
Word forms
| plural | manor houses |
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Common combinations
- medieval manor house
- A medieval manor house stands on the hill.
- stately manor house
- They lived in a stately manor house.
- manor house hotel
- We stayed at a manor house hotel.
- restore a manor house
- The trust restored the manor house.
- manor house grounds
- The manor house grounds were open to visitors.
Synonyms and how they differ
- mansion
- Mansion means any very large house, while manor house links to a landed estate and England's past.
- country house
- Country house is wider and includes any big house outside towns.
- stately home
- Stately home usually means a grand house open to visitors.
- hall
- Hall is often the name for a manor house in England.
Word family
- manor noun
- A lord's estate.
- manorial adjective
- Relating to a manor.
- lord of the manor noun
- Historic landowner.
Commonly confused: manor house or manner?
manor house vs manner
Manner means way of behaving and sounds similar.
Practice
A manor house is traditionally:
Choose one answer.
Manor house is the main residence of an estate. The others are not homes of landowners.
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