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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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   What does house mean in English?

   • 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.

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   What is the difference between house and home?

   • These two terms and house have always had reference to the structure to be lived in. home has recently taken on this meaning and become practically equivalent to house, the new meaning tending to crowd out the older connotations of family ties and domestic comfort. See also hotel. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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   What is another word for house?

   • Other forms: houses; housing; housed 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.

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   What is a house called in English?

   • , plural hous·es [hou, -ziz]. a building in which people live; residence for human beings. a household. the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg. a house of worship. a vaudeville house. the audience of a theater or the like. a doghouse. the building in which a legislative or official deliberative body meets. the House of Representatives.

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