Dictionary
house
Meaning
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- A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
- A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
- A container; a thing which houses another.
- Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
- A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
- The people who live in a house; a household.
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
- A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
- A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
- A place of rest or repose.
- A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
- An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
- One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
- The fourth Lenormand card.
- A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
- The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
- Lotto; bingo.
- A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
- A small stand of trees in a swamp.
- A set of cells in a sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/haʊs/
Cognate with Western Frisian
hûs
Cognate with Dutch
huis
Cognate with German
Haus
Cognate with Dutch
huizen
Cognate with German
hausen
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