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House

noun
/hʌʊs/
Word Frequency: 236.0

Definitions

1.nounA structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
"This is my house and my family's ancestral home."
2.nounThe people who live in a house; a household.
3.nounA building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
"On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house."
4.nounThe audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
5.nounA theatre.
"After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house."
6.nounA building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
"The petition was so ridiculous that the house rejected it after minimal debate."
7.nounA dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
"A curse lay upon the House of Atreus."
8.nounA place of rest or repose.
9.nounA grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
"I was a member of Spenser house when I was at school."
10.nounAn animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
11.nounOne of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
12.nounThe fourth Lenormand card.
13.nounA square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
14.nounThe four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
15.nounLotto; bingo.
16.nounA children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
"As the babysitter, Emma always acted as the mother whenever the kids demanded to play house."
17.nounA small stand of trees in a swamp.
18.noun(sudoku) A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku.

Synonyms

shopmansionhomehouseholdput upfirmfamilysignmenagetheatretheatersign of the zodiac

Rhymes With

rousegrouseespousespouseblouselousepowerhousegreenhouse
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