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House

noun

(pl. houses)

1.

A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families. "She felt she had to get out of the house"

2.

The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments. Synonyms: business firm, firm.

3.

The members of a religious community living together.

4.

The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema. "He counted the house"

5.

An official assembly having legislative powers.

6.

Aristocratic family line.

7.

Play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults.

8.

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided. Synonyms: mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign.

9.

The management of a gambling house or casino.

10.

A social unit living together. Synonyms: family, home, household, menage. "It was a good Christian household" , "I waited until the whole house was asleep" , "The teacher asked how many people made up his home"

11.

A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented. Synonyms: theater, theatre.

12.

A building in which something is sheltered or located.

verb

(past & past part. housed; pres. part. housing)

1.

Contain or cover.

2.

Provide housing for. Synonyms: domiciliate, put up.

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"House" Quotes from Famous Books

... Song for the Princess Charlotte of Wales" was only surpassed in feebleness by Coleridge's "Israel's Lament." Campbell composed a laboured elegy, which was "spoken by Mr ... at Drury Lane Theatre, on the First Opening of the House after the Death of the Princess Charlotte, 1817;" and Montgomery wrote a hymn on "The Royal Infant, Still-born, ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2 • George Gordon Byron

... happy-faced, clean little throng, striking contrast to the neglected, filthy children seen in the native villages. As they were going into the laundry, Father Richmond came out of the house, and stopped to point out to the Colonel a snow-covered enclosure—"the Sisters' garden"—and he told how marvellously, in the brief summer, some of the hardier ...

— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)

... a house servant, the uninitiated may be at a loss to know what sphere on the plantation is her's? She is the mother of Annette, a little girl of remarkable beauty, sitting at her side, playing with her left hand. Annette ...

— Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter • F. Colburn Adams

... him. Before long, however, she discovered through her servants that he was basely deceiving her. He was keeping up a separate establishment for a new mistress. Mary, following the impulse of the moment, went at once to this house, where she found him. The particulars of their interview are not known; but her wretchedness during the night which followed maddened her. His perfidy hurt her more deeply than his indifference. Her cup of sorrow was filled to overflowing, and for the second time she made up her mind to ...

— Mary Wollstonecraft • Elizabeth Robins Pennell

... whose name was Ravenshaw. With a clang and a hoot the car started on the return journey. The winding cobbled street of the churchtown was soon left behind for a road which struck across the lonely moors to the sea. Through the moors and stony hills the car sped until it drew near a solitary house perched on the edge of the dark cliffs high above the tumbling waters of the yeasty sea which ...

— The Moon Rock • Arthur J. Rees

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