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House   /haʊs/   Listen
House

noun
(pl. houses)
1.
A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.  "She felt she had to get out of the house"
2.
The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments.  Synonyms: business firm, firm.
3.
The members of a religious community living together.
4.
The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema.  "He counted the house"
5.
An official assembly having legislative powers.
6.
Aristocratic family line.
7.
Play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults.
8.
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided.  Synonyms: mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign.
9.
The management of a gambling house or casino.
10.
A social unit living together.  Synonyms: family, home, household, menage.  "It was a good Christian household" , "I waited until the whole house was asleep" , "The teacher asked how many people made up his home"
11.
A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.  Synonyms: theater, theatre.
12.
A building in which something is sheltered or located.
verb
(past & past part. housed; pres. part. housing)
1.
Contain or cover.
2.
Provide housing for.  Synonyms: domiciliate, put up.



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"House" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bolingbroke. His last political act as a commoner was to impose the halfpenny stamp upon newspapers and sheets like those of the 'Spectator.' Intolerant of criticism, he had in the preceding session brought to the bar of the House of Commons, under his warrant as Secretary of State, fourteen printers and publishers. In the beginning of 1712, the Queen's message had complained that by seditious papers and factious rumours designing men had been able to sink credit, and the innocent had suffered. ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

... so great an act of gratitude of the young man, Mr. William Hebworth, who accompanied me to Bandr-Abas, that I cannot omit to mention it. At the age of sixteen he went from Persia to Bombay, where he met with the kindest reception in the house of a friend of his father's, by whom he was assisted in every way, and even obtained an appointment through his interest. One day his patron, who was married, and the father of four children, had the misfortune ...
— A Woman's Journey Round the World • Ida Pfeiffer

... Jim lodged at the house of his cousin and partner, Richard Vine, a widower of fifty odd years. Having failed in the development of a household of direct descendants this tradesman had been glad to let his chambers to his much younger relative, when the latter entered on the business of lime manufacture; ...
— The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid • Thomas Hardy

... unbuckled his safety strap and climbed out, making his way to the ground by means of stepping on an elevated bed of flowers inside the now almost roofless house. ...
— Air Service Boys in the Big Battle • Charles Amory Beach

... with himself as the principal speaker of the evening. It is breaking my heart. I see him shunned by his former friends. Shunned! They run a mile when they see him coming. The mere sound of his voice outside the club-house is enough to send brave men diving for safety beneath the sofas. Can you wonder that I am in despair? What ...
— The Clicking of Cuthbert • P. G. Wodehouse


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