house
noun
• a building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys.
• "my wife and I are moving to a new house"
Similar:
home,
place of residence,
homestead,
lodging place,
a roof over one's head,
habitation,
residence,
dwelling,
dwelling place,
abode,
domicile,
• a building in which people meet for a particular activity.
• "a house of prayer"
• a religious community that occupies a particular building.
• "the Cistercian house at Clairvaux"
• a legislative or deliberative assembly.
• "the sixty-member National Council, the country's upper house"
• a style of electronic dance music typically having sparse, repetitive vocals and a fast beat.
• "DJs specializing in techno, garage, and house"
• a twelfth division of the celestial sphere, based on the positions of the ascendant and midheaven at a given time and place, and determined by any of a number of methods.
• old-fashioned term for bingo.
house
adjective
• (of an animal or plant) kept in, frequenting, or infesting buildings.
• relating to a firm, institution, or society.
• "a house journal"
house
verb
• provide with shelter or accommodation.
• "they converted a disused cinema to house twelve employees"
Similar:
accommodate,
provide accommodation for,
provide with accommodation,
give accommodation to,
make space for,
make room for,
provide with a place to work,
harbour,
lodge,
quarter,
board,
billet,
take in,
provide shelter for,
shelter,
sleep,
put up,
give a bed to,
provide with a place to sleep,
• provide space for; contain or accommodate.
• "the museum houses a collection of Roman sculpture"
• eat the whole of (something), typically very quickly.
• "it could be that I just housed a massive burrito, but I don't feel good"
Origin:
Old English hūs (noun), hūsian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huis, German Haus (nouns), and Dutch huizen, German hausen (verbs).
keep house
• do the cooking, cleaning, and other tasks involved in the running of a household.
• "a young girl named Roxie came over to keep house for him"
