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   house

   noun

   • 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" Similar homeplace of residencehomesteadlodging placea roof over one's headformal:habitationresidencedwellingdwelling placeabodedomicile
   • ▪ the people living in a house; a household: "make yourself scarce before you wake the whole house" Similar householdfamilyfamily circleménageclantribeinformal:brood
   • ▪ a noble, royal, or wealthy family or lineage; a dynasty: "the power and prestige of the House of Stewart" Similar clankindredfamilytriberacestraindynastylinelineageancestryancestorsbloodlinedescentfamily tree
   • ▪ a dwelling that is one of several in a building. Scottish
   • ▪ a building in which animals live or in which things are kept: "a hen house"
   • 2. a building in which people meet for a particular activity: "a house of prayer"
   • ▪ a firm or institution: "a publishing house" Similar firmbusinesscompanycorporationenterpriseestablishmentinstitutionconcernorganizationoperationinformal:outfitset-up
   • ▪ the Stock Exchange. informal British
   • ▪ a restaurant or inn: "help yourself to a drink, compliments of the house!" Similar innbartavernhostelrytaproomrestauranthoteleating housepubpublic houseinformal:eateryboozerhistorical:alehousetaphousebeerhousesaloon
   • ▪ a brothel. dated
   • ▪ a theatre: "a hundred musicians performed in front of a full house" Similar audiencecrowdthose presentlistenersspectatorsviewersgatheringassemblyassemblagecongregationgallerystallsinformal:punters
   • ▪ a performance in a theatre or cinema: British "tickets for the first house"
   • 3. a religious community that occupies a particular building: "the Cistercian house at Clairvaux"
   • ▪ a residential building for pupils at a boarding school: "a house of 45 boarders"
   • ▪ each of a number of groups into which pupils at a day school are divided for games or competition. British
   • ▪ 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
   • ▪ (in the UK) the House of Commons or Lords; (in the US) the House of Representatives: "the government commanded an overall majority in the House"
   • ▪ used in formal debates that mimic the procedures of a legislative assembly: "a debate on the motion ‘This house would legalize cannabis’" Similar audiencecrowdthose presentlistenersspectatorsviewersgatheringassemblyassemblagecongregationgallerystallsinformal:punters
   • 5. a style of electronic dance music typically having sparse, repetitive vocals and a fast beat: "DJs specializing in techno, garage, and house"
   • 6. a twelfth division 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 twelfth division of the celestial sphere represented as a sector on an astrological chart, used in allocating elements of character and circumstance to different spheres of human life.
   • 7. old-fashioned term for bingo British
   • ▪ used by a bingo player to announce that they have won.

   adjective

   • 1. (of an animal or plant) kept in, frequenting, or infesting buildings.
   • 2. relating to a firm, 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 with shelter or accommodation: "they converted a disused cinema to house twelve employees" 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 workharbourlodgequarterboardbillettake inprovide shelter forsheltersleepput upgive a bed toprovide with a place to sleepOpposite evict
   • 2. provide space for; contain or accommodate: "the museum houses a collection of Roman sculpture" Similar containholdstorecoverprotectencloseencasesheathekeep safeOpposite expose
   • ▪ 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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   House definition: a building in which people live; residence for human beings.. See examples of HOUSE used in a sentence.

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   A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

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