full house

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [foo l noun, adjective hous]
- /fʊl noun, adjective haʊs/
- /fʊl haʊs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [foo l noun, adjective hous]
- /fʊl noun, adjective haʊs/

Definitions of full house words

noun full house a hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair, as three queens and two tens. 1
noun full house cards; 1
countable noun full house If a theatre has a full house for a particular performance, it has as large an audience as it can hold. 0
noun full house a hand with three cards of the same value and another pair 0
noun full house a theatre, etc, filled to capacity 0
noun full house (in bingo, etc) the set of numbers needed to win 0

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Origin of full house

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1885-90

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Parts of speech for Full house

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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full house popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 75% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for full house

noun full house

capacity — The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
max — Maxwell ("Max") 1924–2007, U.S. jazz drummer and bandleader.

All 3 Synonyms of full house