Definition of
House
- (noun, act) play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
- (noun, artifact) a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
she felt she had to get out of the house - (noun, artifact) a building in which something is sheltered or located
- (noun, artifact) a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
- (noun, group) aristocratic family line
- (noun, group) the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
- (noun, group) a social unit living together
It was a good Christian household
I waited until the whole house was asleep
the teacher asked how many people made up his home - (noun, group) an official assembly having legislative powers
- (noun, group) the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
he counted the house - (noun, group) the members of a religious community living together
- (noun, group) the management of a gambling house or casino
- (noun, location) (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- (verb, social) provide housing for
- (verb, stative) contain or cover
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Synonyms of House
business firm, domiciliate, family, firm, home, household, mansion, menage, planetary house, put up, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign, theater, theatre
Alternate forms of House
Hyponyms: accommodate, accounting firm, adobe house, arena theater, auction house, bagnio, bathhouse, beach house, boarding house, boardinghouse, british house of commons, british house of lords, broken home, bungalow, cabin, chalet, chamber, chapterhouse, cinema, conjugal family, consulting company, consulting firm, corp, corporation, cottage, country house, courthouse, dail, dail eireann, dealer, detached house, dinner theater, dinner theatre, doll's house, dollhouse, duplex, duplex house, extended family, farmhouse, field house, foster family, foster home, frat house, fraternity house, gatehouse, guesthouse, hacienda, hall, home, home theater, home theatre, house of burgesses, house of commons, house of lords, house of representatives, hunting lodge, icehouse, law firm, little theater, little theatre, lodge, lodging house, maisonette, maisonnette, manse, mansion, mansion house, meat house, medici, menage a trois, movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, music hall, nuclear family, oast house, opera, opera house, picture palace, publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house, pump house, pumping station, ranch house, rehouse, residence, rooming house, row house, royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty, safe house, saltbox, seanad, seanad eireann, semidetached house, single dwelling, smokehouse, sod house, soddy, solar house, sports arena, stash house, take in, theater in the round, town house, tract house, u.s. house, u.s. house of representatives, united states house of representatives, us house, us house of representatives, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre, villa
Hypernyms: abode, accommodate, admit, audience, building, business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, child's play, community, concern, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, edifice, family, family line, folk, general assembly, habitation, hold, home, kinfolk, kinsfolk, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, management, part, phratry, play, region, sept, shelter, social unit, unit
Origin of the word House
- O.E. hus "dwelling, shelter, house," from P.Gmc. *khusan (cf. O.N., O.Fris. hus, Du. huis, Ger. Haus), of unknown origin, perhaps connected to the root of hide (v.). In Goth. only in gudhus "temple," lit. "god-house;" the usual word for "house" in Goth. being razn. Meaning "family, including ancestors and descendants, especially … more
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Words that sound like House
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