House

Noun



 * 1) A structure serving as an abode of human beings.
 * This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
 * 1) The mode of living as if in a house.
 * They set up house in a posh apartment.
 * 1) The usual place to find an object or an animal.
 * The photo was put in its little house.
 * 1) A structure to protect or store something or someone.
 * The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.
 * 1) A protective structure on the deck of a ship.
 * A pilot took charge of the wheel house until the ship was moored.
 * 1) A theatre building, or the audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
 * After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
 * Is there a doctor in the house?
 * 1)  A deliberative assembly forming a component of a legislature, or, more rarely, the room or building in which such an assembly normally meets.
 * 2) An establishment, whether actual, as a pub, or virtual, as a website.
 * 3)  A company or organisation.
 * A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.
 * 1) A dynasty, a familial descendance, for example, a royal House.
 * The current Queen is from the House of Windsor.
 * 1)  One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
 * 2) 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.
 * 1) House music.
 * 2)  The three concentric circles where points are scored on the ice
 * 3) An early or alternative name for the game bingo.
 * 4)  A complete set of numbers in bingo.
 * 5)  An aggregate of characteristics of a house.

Synonyms

 * shop
 * shop

Derived terms

 * acid house
 * birdhouse
 * boathouse
 * bring the house down
 * doghouse
 * frame house
 * full house
 * get on like a house on fire
 * glasshouse
 * greenhouse
 * guesthouse


 * house arrest
 * houseboat
 * housebreaker
 * housecoat
 * house detective
 * household
 * householder
 * housekeeper
 * housekeeping
 * house leader
 * house lights


 * housemaid
 * house music
 * houseplant
 * house-train
 * house warming
 * housewife
 * house wine
 * housework
 * housy-housy
 * lighthouse
 * lower house


 * meetinghouse
 * play house
 * playhouse
 * prisonhouse
 * publishing house
 * royal house
 * safe house
 * tribal house
 * upper house
 * on the house
 * house of worship

Related terms

 * housing

Verb

 * 1)  To keep within a structure or container.
 * The car is housed in the garage.
 * 1)  To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
 * 2)  To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
 * 3)  To contain or cover mechanical parts.

Synonyms

 * store
 * accommodate, harbor/harbour, host, put up
 * enclose

Adjectives for House
mansion; miserable; enchanting; cat-encumbered; solitary; scattered (pi); gloomy; dilapidated; true; pretentious; archetypal; echoing; painted; battlemented; imperial; ambitious; dignified;  quaint;  religious; gaunt; comfortable; straggling; disreputable; showy; imaginative; practical; reminiscent; adjacent; shiftless; austere; aristocratic; poultry; gliding; modest; tile-roofed; haunted; burnished; conspicuous; illustrious; farm; gnarled; jolly; deserted; squatty; lonely; first-run; widespreading; rayless; darksome; crafty; magnificent; ancestral; lofty; supply; substantial; idyllic; shamble; economical; town; continentalshell-pitted; giddy; shabby; pillaged; ladylike; shameful; dower; blithe; ugly; hallowed; powerful; low-browed; inviting; tenement; triangular; terraced; humble; wretched; wattled; dull; lucrative; untenantable; paltry;  inconvenient;  dreamy; ruined; ducal; ill; country; dismantled; useless; gay; gambling; naughty; celestial; neat; treasure; festive; warm; jovial; sunny; luxurious; embellished; pharmaceutical; comfortable-looking; log; dwelling; tremendous; unpeeled; well-insulated; mobile; trembling;  gay-roofed;  little;   popular; swarming; stuccoed; irregularly-scattered (pi); handsome; respectable; bleak; hospitable; ill-furnished; filthy; dirty; isolated; thatch-roofed; cane; respected; faltering; unobtrusive; ancient; narrow; flimsy; reigning; royal; desolate; fair; vast; treasure; identical; tumble-down; boxlike; unquiet; crowded; parental; eery; model; lodging; commodious; stately; unreal; excellent; pretentious; swell-front; shutterless; old-fashioned; once-fashionable; clattering; adobe; ranch; sheltering.

Verbs for House
adorn—; bedizen—; billet in—; demolish—; design—; ensconce in—; inhabit—; model —; pattern—;  refurbish—;  renovate—; sanctify—; shatter—; tenant—; undermine —; waddle into—; —hushes; —looms; — nestles; —springs up.

Adverbs for House
luxuriously; warmly; faithfully; imperially; quaintly; disreputably; practically; shiftlessly; austerely; aristocratically; hospitably; magnificently; economically; shabbily; commodiously; pretentiously.

Thesaurus
Aktiengesellschaft, Dymaxion house, Elizabethan theater, Globe Theatre, Greek theater, White House, abbey, abode, accommodate, adobe house, affiliation, agency, aktiebolag, amphitheater, ancestry, animal kingdom, apparentation, architecture, arena theater, as a gift, aspect, assembly, astrodiagnosis, astrology, astromancy, atelier, audience, auditorium, auditory, bagnio, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bed, beleaguer, bench, berth, beset, besiege, bestow, billet, birth, blockade, blood, bloodline, board, body corporate, bordello, bound, boutique, box in, branch, breed, brood, brothel, building, bunk, business, business establishment, butcher shop, cabaret, cabin, cage, cartel, casa, chain store, chamber, chamber of commerce, children, circle theater, clan, class, cliff dwelling, cloister, close in, club, co-op, combine, commercial enterprise, common ancestry, commorancy, compagnie, company, compass, concern, concert hall, concession, conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, congregation, congress, consanguinity, consolidating company, consortium, construct, construction, consulate, contain, convent, coop, coop in, coop up, cooperative, copartnership, cordon, cordon off, corporate body, corporation, corral, council, countinghouse, country house, country seat, country store, crib, cuddy, dacha, deanery, deckhouse, deme, department store, derivation, descendants, descent, desk, diet, dime store, direct line, discount house, discount store, distaff side, diversified corporation, domicile, domiciliate, dwelling, dwelling house, dynasty, edifice, embassy, emporium, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, enterprise, entertain, erection, establishment, extraction, fabric, facility, family, farm, farmhouse, female line, fence in, filiation, firm, five-and-ten, folk, folks, for nothing, forebears, free, friary, gallery, general store, genethliac astrology, genethliacism, genethliacs, genethlialogy, gens, get, gratis, groundling, hall, harbor, haven, hearth, hedge in, hem in, holding company, home, homefolks, homestead, horoscope, horoscopy, house in, houseboat, household, hut, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, industry, installation, institution, issue, jail, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, kennel, kind, kindred, lake dwelling, lamasery, leaguer, legislative body, legislature, line, line of descent, lineage, little theater, living machine, lodge, lodgings, loft, magasin, mail-order house, male line, manor house, manse, mansion, market, mart, matriclan, menage, mew, mew up, monastery, mundane astrology, mundane house, music hall, nation, nativity, natural astrology, night spot, nightclub, nunnery, offspring, on the house, opera, opera house, operating company, orchestra, order, organization, outdoor theater, outfit, packaged house, parliament, parlor, parsonage, partnership, patriclan, pen, pen in, penthouse, people, phratry, phyle, phylum, pile, pit, planetary house, plant kingdom, playhouse, plunderbund, pocket, pool, post, prefab, prefabricated house, prefabrication, presidential palace, priorate, priory, public utility, put up, pyramid, quarantine, quarter, quarters, race, rail in, ranch house, rectory, residence, residency, retail store, roof, room, salon, saloon, seed, sept, shelter, shelter cabin, shield, shop, showboat, shrine, shut in, shut up, side, skyscraper, sod house, spear side, species, spectator, spindle side, split-level, sporting house, stable, stargazing, stateroom, stem, stirps, stock, stock company, store, strain, structure, studio, succession, supermarket, superstructure, surround, sweatshop, sword side, syndicate, take in, theater, theater-in-the-round, theatre, theatron, totem, tower, town house, trade association, trading post, tribe, trust, undertaking, utility, variety shop, variety store, vicarage, wall in, warehouse, wareroom, wholesale house, work site, work space, workbench, workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable, wrap, yard, yard up, zodiac

Etymology
From hous:, hus:, from  hus:, from  (compare  huis:,  Haus:), possibly from, from *(s)keu- 'to hide'. More at.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones (verb): how's
 * Homophones (verb): how's
 * Homophones (verb): how's
 * Homophones (verb): how's
 * Homophones (verb): how's
 * Homophones (verb): how's
 * Homophones (verb): how's
 * Homophones (verb): how's
 * Homophones (verb): how's

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Ainu: チセ (cise)
 * Akkadian:
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic: (beyt),  (manzil) ,  (dār)
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܒܝܬܐ (baytā’)
 * Hebrew: ביתא (baytā’)
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Bashkir:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian:, хата
 * Bikol: harong
 * Blackfoot: naapiooyis
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: အိမ်
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: balay,
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: (tigemmi)
 * Central Dusun: walai
 * Chamicuro:
 * Cherokee: ᎨᏣᏗ (getsadi)
 * Chinese: 房屋 (fángwū)
 * Choctaw:
 * Chulym:
 * Chuvash: ,
 * Cornish:
 * Cree: wikowin
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, onderkomen
 * Eastern Mari:
 * Eshtehardi:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Faroese:
 * Fijian: vale
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Gagauz:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, , οικία, ,
 * Ancient Greek: (oíkos),  (oikía)
 * Guaraní: oga, ogapy, róga
 * Gujarati: ઘર
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hiligaynon: balay
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hittite:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido: domo
 * Ilocano: balay
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: casa
 * Irish:
 * Istro-Romanian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 家 (いえ, ié), 建物 (たてもの, tatémono)
 * Kalenjin:
 * Kamba:
 * Kannada: ಮನೆ (mane)
 * Kapampangan: bale
 * Karachay-Balkar:
 * Karaim:
 * Kashubian: dóm
 * Kazakh:
 * Ket: иңӷусь (iŋġusʹ)
 * Khmer: (p’dtēiəh)
 * Korean: 집 (jip)
 * Kumyk:
 * Kuna: nega
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lakota: tipi
 * Kumyk:
 * Kuna: nega
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lakota: tipi


 * Latgalian:, ,
 * Latin:, ,
 * Latvian:, nams
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low Saxon: huus
 * Luganda: nyumba
 * Luhya:
 * Luiseno: kíiča
 * Luo:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: വീട് (veetu), ഗൃഹം (gruham)
 * Maltese:
 * Maori:
 * Nahuatl: calli, chan
 * Navajo:
 * Nogai:
 * Norwegian:
 * Novial: hause
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: ,
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old English:, , ,
 * Old French:
 * Oriya: ଘର
 * Pangasinan: abong
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian: (xāne)
 * Phoenician: ,
 * Pohnpeian: ihmw
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punic:
 * Quechua: wasi, wasikuna
 * Rarotongan: 'are
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samoan:
 * Sardinian: domo
 * Scottish Gaelic: taigh
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: kuća
 * Sichuan Yi:
 * Sinhala: ගෙය (geya)
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:
 * Sumerian:
 * Swahili: sg/pl (noun 9/10),
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bahay, tahanan, tirahan
 * Tahitian: fare
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: வீடு (veedu)
 * Taos: thə́na
 * Tatar: йорт,
 * Telugu: ఇల్లు (illu)
 * Tetum: uma
 * Thai: (bâan)
 * Tofa:
 * Tongan:
 * Tswana: (9/10)
 * Turkic Khalaj:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: öý
 * Tuvaluan: fale
 * Tuvan: ,
 * Ugaritic:
 * Ukrainian:, хата
 * Urdu: گھر
 * Uzbek: hovli,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: dom
 * Waray-Waray: balay
 * Welsh: ,
 * West Frisian: hûs
 * Yiddish:
 * Yup'ik:, (absolutive)
 * Zulu:
 * Ukrainian:, хата
 * Urdu: گھر
 * Uzbek: hovli,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: dom
 * Waray-Waray: balay
 * Welsh: ,
 * West Frisian: hûs
 * Yiddish:
 * Yup'ik:, (absolutive)
 * Zulu:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Choctaw:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Haus
 * Nahuatl: calli, chan
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:


 * Novial: hause
 * Old English: ,
 * Old French:
 * Pashto: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: గృహము (gruhamu)


 * Finnish: paikka


 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: tupa


 * Russian:


 * Finnish: talo


 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Cámara
 * Swedish:, kammare


 * Faroese: hús
 * Finnish: talo
 * Spanish:


 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: koneisto
 * Macedonian: куќиште


 * Norwegian:
 * Swedish:


 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܒܝܬܐ (baytā’)
 * Hebrew: ביתא (baytā’)
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, kuningashuone
 * Norwegian:


 * Pashto:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, hanedan, -giller


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian: stjernetegn
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ryhmä


 * Finnish: pesä

Verb

 * French: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: сместува
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: вмещать
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: barındırmak


 * Dutch:
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian: вдомува, сместува
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, селить
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Swahili:


 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Turkish: barındırmak

Noun

 * 1) gosling

Noun
house


 * 1) house music, house

Noun

 * 1)  house music, house

Noun

 * 1) house music, house

Synonyms

 * house music

Anagrams

 * houes, houés

Noun
house


 * 1) house music, house

Noun
house


 * 1) house music, house

Synonyms

 * música house

Noun

 * 1) house music, house

Noun

 * 1) house music, house

Synonyms

 * housemusik, house-musik