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   House

   noun

   • 1. a building for human habitation, especially one that is lived in by a family or small group of people: "my wife and I are moving to a new house" Similar homeplace of residencehomesteadlodging placea roof over one's headformal:habitationresidencedwellingdwelling placeabodedomicile
   • ▪ the people living in a house; a household: "do you want the whole house woken up?" Similar householdfamilyfamily circleménageclantribeinformal:brood
   • ▪ a family or family lineage, especially a noble or royal one; a dynasty: "the power and prestige of the House of Stewart" Similar clankindredfamilytriberacestraindynastylinelineageancestryancestorsbloodlinedescentfamily tree
   • ▪ a building in which animals live or in which things are kept: "a reptile house"
   • 2. a building in which people meet for a particular activity: "a house of prayer"
   • ▪ a business or institution: "a publishing house" Similar firmbusinesscompanycorporationenterpriseestablishmentinstitutionconcernorganizationoperationinformal:outfitsetup
   • ▪ a restaurant or inn: "I ordered a bottle of their house wine" Similar innbartavernhostelrytaproomrestauranthoteleating housepubpublic houseinformal:eateryboozerhistorical:alehousetaphousebeerhousesaloon
   • ▪ a brothel. dated
   • ▪ a theater: "a hundred musicians performed in front of a full house" Similar audiencecrowdthose presentlistenersspectatorsviewersgatheringassemblyassemblagecongregationgallerystallsinformal:punters
   • 3. a religious community that occupies a particular building: "the Cistercian house at Clairvaux"
   • ▪ a residential hall at a school or college: "a house of 45 boarders"
   • ▪ a college of a university. formal British
   • 4. a legislative or deliberative assembly: "the sixty-member National Council, the country's upper house" Similar legislative assemblylegislative bodychambercouncilparliamentdietcongresssenate
   • ▪ the House of Representatives or (in the UK or Canada) the House of Commons or Lords: "the government commanded an overall majority in the House"
   • 5. a style of popular dance music typically using synthesized drum and bass lines, sparse repetitive vocals, and a fast beat: "DJs specializing in techno, garage, and house"
   • 6. any of the twelve divisions of the celestial sphere, based on the positions of the ascendant and midheaven at a given time and place, and determined by any of a number of methods.
   • ▪ a celestial division represented as a sector on an astrological chart, used in allocating elements of character and circumstance to different spheres of human life.

   adjective

   • 1. (of an animal or plant) kept in, frequenting, or infesting buildings.
   • 2. relating to a business, institution, or society: "a house journal"
   • ▪ (of a band or group) resident or regularly performing in a club or other venue: "the house band"

   verb

   • 1. provide (a person or animal) with shelter or living quarters: "we make exceptions to these rules if we need to house someone urgently" Similar accommodateprovide accommodation forprovide with accommodationgive accommodation tomake space formake room forgive someone a roof over their headprovide a roof over someone's headprovide with a place to workharborlodgequarterboardbillettake inprovide shelter forsheltersleepput upgive a bed toprovide with a place to sleepOpposite evict
   • 2. provide space for; accommodate: "the museum houses a collection of Roman sculpture" Similar containholdstorecoverprotectencloseencasesheathekeep safeOpposite expose
   • ▪ insert or fix (something) in a socket or mortise.
   • 3. eat the whole of (something), typically very quickly: informal North American "it could be that I just housed a massive burrito, but I don't feel good"

   Word Origin Old Englishhūs (noun), hūsian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huis, German Haus (nouns), and Dutch huizen, German hausen (verbs).

   Derivatives

   • 1. houseful noun
   • 2. houseless adjective

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2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › houseHouse - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A house is a building where you might live alone or it could be a multi-family house that you share with other families. If you live in an apartment building, that's "home," but it's not a house. You can also use house to refer to groups of people. The House of Tudor is an English royal family.

3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHOUSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1 day ago · A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family. She has moved to a smaller house. ...her parents' house in Warwickshire. Synonyms: home, residence, dwelling [formal, literary], building More Synonyms of house. 2. singular noun. You can refer to all the people who live together in a house as the house .

4. www.thefreedictionary.com › houseHouse - definition of house by The Free Dictionary

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   1. a. A structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family. b. A household or family. 2. Something, such as a burrow or shell, that serves as a shelter or habitation for a wild animal. 3.

5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhouse noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   Definition of house noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. house. noun. /haʊs/ (plural houses. /ˈhaʊzɪz/ ) Idioms. building. [countable] a building for people to live in, usually for one family. in a house We live in a two-bedroom house. in the house It was so hot outside we stayed in the house. into the house He went into the house.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHOUSE | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   A1. a building where people live, usually one family or group: a three-bedroomed house. We went to my aunt's house for dinner. Fewer examples. How big is the house? Luckily, no one was inside the house when the fire started. Clive soon got used to the idea of having children around the house again. The house has its own swimming pool.

7. www.britannica.com › dictionary › houseHouse Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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   HOUSE meaning: 1 : a building in which a family lives often used before another noun; 2 : the people who live in a house

8. www.yourdictionary.com › houseHouse Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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   noun. houses. A structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family. American Heritage. A building for human beings to live in. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A household or family. American Heritage. The people, esp. members of a family, who live together in a house, considered as a unit; household.