house in English dictionary

  • house

    Meanings and definitions of "house"

    • (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
    • (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
    • (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
    • (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
    • A structure serving as an abode of human beings.
    • The mode of living as if in a house.
    • The usual place to find an object or an animal.
    • A structure to protect or store something or someone.
    • A protective structure on the deck of a ship.
    • A theatre building, or the audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
    • (politics) A deliberative assembly forming a component of a legislature, or, more rarely, the room or building in which such an assembly normally meets.
    • An establishment, whether actual, as a pub, or virtual, as a website.
    • (business) A company or organisation.
    • A dynasty, a familial descendance, for example, a royal House.
    • (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
    • A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
    • House music.
    • (curling) The three concentric circles where points are scored on the ice
    • An early or alternative name for the game bingo.
    • (UK) A complete set of numbers in bingo.
    • (uncountable, US) An aggregate of characteristics of a house.
    • (Discuss (+) this sense) (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
    • noun
      A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. [from 9 thc.]
    • noun
      The people who live in a house; a household. [from 9 thc.]
    • noun
      A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). [from 10 thc.]
    • noun
      A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. [from 10 thc.]
    • noun
      A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.[from 10 thc.]
    • noun
      The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. [from 10 thc.]
    • noun
      (politics)
      A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. [from 10 thc.]
    • noun
      A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10 thc.]
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      a place of rest or repose. [from 9 thc.]
    • noun
      A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. [from 19 thc.]
    • noun
      An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. [from 10 thc.]
    • noun
      (astrology)
      One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. [from 14 thc.]
    • noun
      (chess, now rare)
      A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. [from 16 thc.]
    • noun
      (curling)
      The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. [from 19 thc.]
    • noun
      Lotto; bingo. [from 20 thc.]
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
    • noun
      ( music) House music.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To keep within a structure or container.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
    • verb
      To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
    • verb
      (transitive, astrology)
      To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To contain or cover mechanical parts.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To drive to a shelter.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
    • verb
      (nautical)
      To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
    • an establishment
    • to keep within a structure or container.
    • the inner workings, as of a clock
    • astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart
    • keep within a structure or container
    • admit to residence
    • contain or enclose mechanical parts
    • abode
    • archetypal structure of a human abode
    • usual place to find an animal or an object
    • auditorium for a theatre
    • the theatre itself
    • debating chamber for government politicians
    • house (e.g. of Tokugawa)
    • house(s)
    • dynasty, familiar descendance
    • A place that a human built to live in.
    • A place where an activity is accomplished, whether actual, as a pub, or virtual, as a website.
    • To admit to residence; provide housing for.
    • The abode of a human being, their place of residence.
    • A familiar descendance, for example, a Royal House.
    • One of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided.
    • noun
      an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
    • noun
      aristocratic family line; "the House of York"
    • noun
      (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
    • noun
      a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"
    • noun
      a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
    • 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"
    • noun
      A kind of dance music derived from soul, rock, and jazz, with a strong percussive beat, originally a black Chicago style.
      After enjoying significant success in the early to mid-90s, house music grew even larger during the second wave of progressive house (1999–2001).
    • noun
      a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"; "the family refused to accept his will"
    • noun
      play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"
    • noun
      the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"
    • noun
      the management of a gambling house or casino; "the house gets a percentage of every bet"
    • noun
      the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house"
    • noun
      the members of a religious community living together
    • verb
      contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"
    • verb
      provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"

    Synonyms of "house" in English dictionary

    hold, domicile, business organisation are the top synonyms of "house" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of house

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza house, lm  liczba mnoga houses house, housed, housed, houses, housing
    • house ( third-person singular simple present houses, present participle housing, simple past and past participle housed)
    • The house of a Japanese rice farmer. house ( plural  houses)
    • house (plural houses or (dialectal) housen)
    • house (uncountable)
    • house (third-person singular simple present houses, present participle housing, simple past and past participle housed)
  • House

    Meanings and definitions of "house"

    • (US) The House of Representatives, "the House".
    • More generally, a shortened name for any chamber of a legislature that is named "House of...", especially where the other chamber(s) are not so named (as in Australia or Canada), or where there is no other chamber (as in New Zealand).
    • A topographic surname for someone residing in a house (as opposed to a hut) or in a religious house.
    • proper
      (US)
      The House of Representatives, "the House".
    • proper
      More generally, a shortened name for any chamber of a legislature that is named "House of...", especially where the other chamber(s) are not so named (as in Australia or Canada), or where there is no other chamber (as in New Zealand).
    • proper
      A topographic surname for someone residing in a house (as opposed to a hut) or in a religious house.
    • proper
      A village in New Mexico.
    • proper
      An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
    • One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 35.
    • House (TV series)
    • House of Representatives
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