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Photo of a windmill.

List of structures

Large (and not so large) things that people or animals build to use, to live in, and to look at.

Photo of a hallway
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A hallway is a corridor in a house, usually in the center of the house with rooms opening off it on either side.
Photo of a bee hive
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A beehive is a place a large group of bees lives and makes honey. People make beehives for the bees so it is easier to get the honey out. In the wild, bees make their hives in hollow parts of trees.
Photo of a row house.
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A house is a place that people live in. Normally a family lives in a house, but sometimes houses are shared by friends or a couple. When you are talking about your own house, you call it your home.
Photo of beach huts
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A hut, sometimes called a shack, is a very small, very simple house. They are often found along beaches.
Photo of a rabbit hutch
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A hutch is a cage or coop for small animals. Pet rabbits and guinea pigs are generally kept in hutches.
Photo of an igloo
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An igloo is a house made from blocks of snow. They are made by people who live in very cold areas, such as Inuit Eskimos and the people in Canada's north and Greenland.
Photo of a jetty
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A jetty is a structure that sticks out from land into water. Jetties can be made of stone or timber. Sometimes they are there to protect the beach from waves, sometimes they are built to reach deeper water so ships can dock.
Photo of a dog kennel
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A kennel, or doghouse is a small house you have in your backyard for a dog to live in. A kennel is also used to mean a place where a lot of dogs are kept, or somewhere your dog can stay while you are away on vacation or holidays.
Photo of a keystone
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A keystone is the stone at the top center of an arch. It holds all the other stones in place, which is why it is called the keystone. Keystones are often decorated quite elaborately.