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house
  1. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. [from 9th c.]
  2. The people who live in a house; a household. [from 9th c.]
  3. A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). [from 10th c.]
  4. A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. [from 10th c.]
  5. 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 10th c.]
  6. The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. [from 10th c.]
  7. (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. [from 10th c.]
  8. A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10th c.]
  9. (figuratively) a place of rest or repose. [from 9th c.]
  10. A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. [from 19th c.]
  11. An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. [from 10th c.]
  12. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. [from 14th c.]
  13. (cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.
  14. (chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. [from 16th c.]
  15. (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. [from 19th c.]
  16. Lotto; bingo. [from 20th c.]
  17. (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
  18. Synonyms:
  19. Examples:
    1. “Susan Mayer lived in a house located on Wisteria Lane.”
      “The whole house takes it in turn to do the various chores that need doing.”
      “Mountbatten was born to a family closely related to the house of Windsor.”
housing
  1. (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
  2. (uncountable) Residences, collectively.
  3. (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
  4. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
  5. An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
  6. (architecture) The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
  7. A niche for a statue.
  8. (nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
  9. (nautical) A houseline.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “The housing in this area is still of high value, and new homeowners will continue to improve and update the housing.”
      “Some consumers could no longer afford housing due to lost jobs or income.”
      “Refugees are struggling to find safe housing here.”
houseling
  1. A small or miniature house.
  2. One who frequently remains indoors or at home.
  3. A tame animal, or one reared by hand.
householder
  1. The owner of a house.
  2. The head of a household.
  3. (Buddhism) A layperson.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Earlier in the day the householder had a call from a man offering tree lopping and gardening services.”
      “The householder later contacted the police, saying he thought the man they were looking for was his stepson.”
      “If the householder does not like his advice, he may consult another practitioner.”
household
  1. Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
  2. (obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “She begins by making it absolutely clear to the members of her household that Potiphar is to blame for the events.”
housefather
  1. The father of a family; the male head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primative community.
  2. A man in charge of a house in a boarding school
  3. Examples:
    1. “After working as a housefather, Porteous became health and safety officer at the school and stayed in the post until he retired four years ago.”
      “At the beginning of the second year, Brother Bergson asked a young alumnus to be the housefather for the year.”
      “They would have to pay for a housefather to live here and, on top of that, utilities.”
houseroom
  1. (uncountable) Room or place in a house. [from 16th c.]
  2. (countable) A room dedicated for the use of a particular house at a boarding school.
  3. Examples:
    1. “I am fortunate in that I have enough houseroom to have a proper temple area instead of setting things up only as I need them.”
      “In short it turns out that play hardware occupies houseroom in a wholly different and much less efficient way.”
      “In good times, wives could use this houseroom to bring in cash.”
householding
  1. Management of a household; housekeeping.
  2. The fact of being a householder; ownership or occupation of a house
housewright
  1. A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
  2. Examples:
    1. “The shipwright, housewright and barn builder of the 17th, 18th and 19th century needed trees, and the virgin forests of Connecticut provided a wealth of material to work with.”
      “The north and west corners are indeed sometimes penetrated by the rain and require a little attention from the housewright to remedy the evil.”
      “John Johnson resided in Woburn, Mass., and was by occupation a housewright or carpenter and owned a saw-mill in Woburn.”
housemaster
  1. A teacher who is in charge of a house at a boarding school.
  2. Examples:
    1. “They opted to stay on at their own expense for nearly a year after Mr Williams's employment as housemaster ceased.”
      “He's the kind of avuncular, gentle character who could be the beloved housemaster in Harry Potter's Gryffindor house.”
      “As the stock representative of authority in the building, our housemaster never really stood a chance.”
householdry
  1. (archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
housefront
  1. The front of a house, the side that faces the street.
houseline
  1. (nautical) A small line of three strands used for seizing.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “After learning how to properly tie knots, I used a houseline to successfully seize the ends together.”
housefire
  1. A large fire that occurs in a house.
houselessness
  1. Lack of a house; homelessness.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Increased houselessness and decreased taxes have left Eugene and the rest of the country in a quagmire that demands out-of-the-box thinking.”
houseshare
  1. An arrangement in which two or more people share a house.
houseraising
  1. (US) The setting up of the frame of a house.
houseling
  1. The act of administering the eucharist.
housemistress
  1. female housemaster
  2. Examples:
    1. “Melanie, 32, is a deputy housemistress at a school in Croydon, south London.”
      “She recalled her housemistress expressing delight that the young Helen had won a music competition.”
      “I have previously spoken to his tutor, housemistress, and boarding housemaster.”
housemate
  1. Someone living in the same house.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Mr. Grove's housemate said he heard glass smashing and saw flames leaping up the house stairs before the ceiling caved in.”
      “His housemate was Campaigns Officer when I first stood for election to the council.”
      “After opening the funky present from his housemate Meg, he potters off to the shower.”
houseback
  1. The rear of a house.
houser
  1. One who, or that which, houses.
housetop
  1. the roof of a house
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her boots slipped several times and forced her to slide down the other side of the housetop.”
      “Cerri silently called for the phoenix who landed on a near by housetop in answer.”
      “One of Robert's granddaughters slipped into the water as the family scrambled from one housetop to another.”
houseful
  1. as many as a house will hold
  2. Examples:
    1. “And in a houseful of a lot of kids, and there were a lot of grand kids around, he would get on top of a chair to get attention if necessary.”
      “Not everyone is ready to announce to a houseful of frat boys that they're gay.”
      “If you have a houseful of guests, making a production of every meal leaves you with little time or energy to enjoy them.”
housekey
  1. A key to a house
  2. Examples:
    1. “The effort I exerted on behalf of the housekey had to be paradigmatic.”
house
  1. (music) House music.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Susan Mayer lived in a house located on Wisteria Lane.”
      “The whole house takes it in turn to do the various chores that need doing.”
      “Mountbatten was born to a family closely related to the house of Windsor.”
housel
  1. (archaic) the Eucharist
housemistresses
  1. plural of housemistress
houseraisings
  1. plural of houseraising
housefathers
  1. plural of housefather
  2. Examples:
    1. “To the best of our knowledge, our rights as housefathers have never been encroached upon.”
householders
  1. plural of householder
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Trading standards officials in North Yorkshire are warning householders about teams of itinerant asphalt-laying gangs operating in the county.”
      “But householders in the Harwich Road area say their neighbourhood is becoming a wilderness.”
      “The credit bug has become an epidemic that most householders receiving junk mail know only too well.”
housemasters
  1. plural of housemaster
  2. Examples:
    1. “And he revealed some housemasters had used breath-tests unofficially before the tragedy.”
      “A strong tutor system and the attention of housemasters and housemistresses prevent pupils falling down any cracks.”
      “However they remain commonplace in most houses and are organised for first and second year boys to do by their respective Housemasters.”
housewrights
  1. plural of housewright
houseshares
  1. plural of houseshare
housefronts
  1. plural of housefront
housebacks
  1. plural of houseback
households
  1. plural of household
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The programme is designed to benefit all households or residential units in Johannesburg, provided their electricity accounts are paid in full.”
      “Borough wardens who are responsible for more than 5,000 households are given three ear thermometers.”
      “Almost 25 percent of the poor Walloon households state having difficulties with paying for their food.”
houselings
  1. plural of houseling
  2. Examples:
    1. “There was a copula up there, one of those small, windowed houselings whose pointed roof inevitably supported the weathervane, as it did here.”
      “It meant that pallid houselings sat in the sunshine and got well.”
houselines
housemates
  1. plural of housemate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “That said, I'm sure my new housemates will be delighted with the 36 rolls of toilet paper I'm bringing with me.”
      “With energetic Mars and changeable Uranus in your home sector all month, tread carefully when dealing with housemates.”
      “They aren't really housemates, just people who happen to rent from the same landlord.”
housefires
  1. plural of housefire
houserooms
  1. plural of houseroom
housefuls
  1. plural of houseful
housekeys
  1. plural of housekey
housesful
  1. plural of houseful
housetops
  1. plural of housetop
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I have been woken by them hovering over the housetops, roaring continuously and beaming a bright searchlight.”
      “Flat or low-slope roofs work best, but green roofs have been successfully planted on steep housetops, too.”
      “The final pastiche of The Red Balloon, showing that horrible red bag floating over the housetops, sets the seal on this luxury-tourist jaunt.”
housings
  1. plural of housing
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Torque Screwdrivers Are Designed for User Comfort Torque screwdrivers have lightweight, compact housings to ensure operator comfort.”
      “In-line transmission is by four central axles protected by armoured housings.”
      “The Council is also considering sites for housings developments in two other villages in the area.”
housers
  1. plural of houser
housen
  1. (now chiefly dialectal) plural of house
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Hide you in your housen! Hang above your Portals The shielding quicken bough!”
      “I weant on for a gudish way till at last I loast sight o' the great square building behind the housen.”
      “In the forenoon it rained, and in the afternoon I looked round the housen to see the damage they did the town.”
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