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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

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • Get a quick, free translation! Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. HOUSE definition: 1. a building where people live, usually one family or group: 2. the people who live in a house…. Learn more.

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   What is house verb?

   • Definition of house verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary house somebody to provide a place for a person or an animal to live The government is committed to housing the refugees. He can barely afford to feed, clothe and house his family. People whose homes were flooded were temporarily housed in community centres.

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   Why do people call a house a home?

   • A house is a building that is made for people to live in. It is a "permanent" building that is meant to stay standing. It is not easily packed up and carried away like a tent, or moved like a caravan. If people live in the same house for more than a short stay, then they call it their "home". Being without a home is called homelessness.

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   What does house a thing mean?

   • house something to be the place where something is kept or where something operates from The library houses a collection of 15 000 books. The gallery houses 2 000 works of modern art. The building also houses the offices of the District Medical Officer. be housed in something The museum is housed in the Old Court House.

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   Definition of house in English: house. Top 1000 frequently used words. noun. Pronunciation: /haʊs/ 1 a building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys: my wife and I are moving to a new house a house of Cotswold stone [as modifier] : house prices. More example sentences Synonyms.

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