| house | |
| 1. s. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. | |
| This is my house and my family's ancestral home. | |
| 2. s. The people who live in a house; a household. | |
| 3. s. A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). | |
| The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house. | |
| On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house. | |
| 4. s. A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. | |
| A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house. | |
| 5. s. A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. | |
| One more, sir, then I'll have to stop serving you – rules of the house, I'm afraid. | |
| The house always wins. | |
| 6. s. The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. | |
| After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. | |
| 7. s. (politics) A 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. | |
| 8. s. A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. | |
| A curse lay upon the House of Atreus. | |
| 9. s. (metaphorical) a place of rest or repose. | |
| 10. s. A 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. | |
| 11. s. An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. | |
| 12. s. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. | |
| 13. s. (cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card. | |
| 14. s. (chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. | |
| 15. s. (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. | |
| 16. s. Lotto; bingo. | |
| 17. s. A 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. | |
| 18. s. (US, dialect) A small stand of trees in a swamp. | |
| 19. v. To keep within a structure or container. | |
| The car is housed in the garage. | |
| 20. v. To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour. | |
| 21. v. To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge. | |
| 22. v. (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses. | |
| 23. v. To contain or cover mechanical parts. | |
| 24. v. (obsolete) To drive to a shelter. | |
| 25. v. (obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. | |
| 26. v. (nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe. | |
| to house the upper spars | |
| 27. s. (music genre) House music. | |
