house

Plural: hice, housen, houses

Noun

• a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
  • "he has a house on Cape Cod"
  • "she felt she had to get out of the house"
• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
  • "he worked for a brokerage house"
• the members of a religious community living together
• the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
  • "the house applauded"
  • "he counted the house"
• an official assembly having legislative powers
  • "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
• aristocratic family line
  • "the House of York"
• play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
  • "the children were playing house"
• (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
• the management of a gambling house or casino
  • "the house gets a percentage of every bet"
• a social unit living together
  • "It was a good Christian household"
  • "I waited until the whole house was asleep"
• a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
  • "the house was full"
• a building in which something is sheltered or located
  • "they had a large carriage house"
• A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
• A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
• An apartment building within a public housing estate.
• A container; a thing which houses another.
• Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
• A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
• The people who live in a house; a household.
• A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
• A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
• A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
• A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
• A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
• A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
• A workhouse.
• The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
• A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
• A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
• A place of rest or repose.
• A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
• An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
• One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
• The fourth Lenormand card.
• A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
• The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
• Lotto; bingo.
• A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
• A small stand of trees in a swamp.
• A set of cells in a sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box.
• The end zone.
• House music.

Verb

Verb Forms: housed, housing, houses

• To provide shelter or lodging for someone or something.
• contain or cover
  • "This box houses the gears"
• provide housing for
  • "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
• To keep within a structure or container.
• To admit to residence; to harbor.
• To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
• To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
• To contain or cover mechanical parts.
• To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
• To drive to a shelter.
• To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
• To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
• To eat; especially, to scarf down.

Examples

• A curse lay upon the House of Atreus.
• A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.
• After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
• As the babysitter, Emma always acted as the mother whenever the kids demanded to play house.
• I managed to house my ’Q’ and ’U’ together, preparing for a high-scoring play.
• I was a member of Spenser house when I was at school.
• On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.
• One more, sir, then I'll have to stop serving you – rules of the house, I'm afraid.
• The car is housed in the garage.
• The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.
• The house always wins.
• The joists were housed into the side walls, rather than being hung from them.
• The petition was so ridiculous that the house rejected it after minimal debate.
• This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
• to house the upper spars

Synonyms

business firm, domiciliate, family, firm, home, household, mansion, menage, planetary house, put up, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign, theater, theatre, accommodate, enclose, harbor, harbour, host, shop, store

Anagrams of house