House

/ˈhaʊ̯s/ · noun

Meaning

A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings..

Definitions by Sense

1. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
2. A container; a thing which houses another.
3. (uncountable) Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
4. A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
5. The people who live in a house; a household.
6. A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
7. The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
8. (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.

Example Sentences

This is my house and my family's ancestral home.

The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,[…].

Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.

The purposes of food are to promote growth, to supply force and heat, and to furnish material to repair the waste which is constantly taking place in the body. Every breath, every thought, every motion, wears out some portion of the delicate and wonderful house in which we live.

Those homeowners who bought too much house, or borrowed against inflated values are now going to be liable for their own poor decisions.

one that feared God with all his house

The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.

On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.

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Word Forms

• houses
• housen
• hice
• hoose
• houss
• housing
• housed

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