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house

/ house /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
"the children were playing house"
Type of:
play child's play
verb Sense 2
provide housing for
"The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
Type of:
shelter
Kinds of:
rehouse home lodge accommodate chamber
Derived:
diggings digs domiciliation lodgings pad
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 3
the management of a gambling house or casino
"the house gets a percentage of every bet"
Type of:
management
noun Sense 4
the members of a religious community living together
Type of:
community
noun Sense 5
the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
"the house applauded"
"he counted the house"
Type of:
audience
noun Sense 6
an official assembly having legislative powers
"the legislature has two houses"
Type of:
legislature legislative assembly general assembly
Kinds of:
United States House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives US House of Representatives House of Representatives U.S. House
noun Sense 7
aristocratic family line
"the House of York"
Type of:
family family line folk
Kinds of:
royalty royal family royal line royal house Medici
noun Sense 8
a building in which something is sheltered or located
"they had a large carriage house"
Type of:
building edifice
Kinds of:
bathhouse bagnio boathouse courthouse field house
Derived:
put up domiciliate
noun Sense 9
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
"he has a house on Cape Cod"
"she felt she had to get out of the house"
Type of:
building edifice dwelling
Kinds of:
beach house boarding house boardinghouse bungalow cottage
Derived:
put up domiciliate
verb Sense 10
contain or cover
"This box houses the gears"
Type of:
accommodate hold admit
Derived:
housing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 11
members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
"he worked for a brokerage house"
Type of:
business concern business concern
Kinds of:
corporation corp accounting firm consulting firm consulting company
noun Sense 12
a social unit living together
"he moved his family to Virginia"
"It was a good Christian household"
"I waited until the whole house was asleep"
"the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
Type of:
unit social unit
Kinds of:
nuclear family conjugal family extended family foster family foster home
Derived:
home
noun Sense 13
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
"the house was full"
Type of:
building edifice
Kinds of:
arena theater theater in the round cinema movie theater movie theatre
Domain:
dramaturgy dramatic art dramatics
noun Sense 14
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
Type of:
region part
Kinds of:
Aries Aries the Ram Ram Taurus Taurus the Bull
Has parts:
zodiac
Domain:
astrology star divination
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
14
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
86
Times Searched
5
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Related Words

play child's play shelter rehouse home lodge accommodate chamber management community audience legislature