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- [noun, adjective hous; verb houz]
- /noun, adjective haʊs; verb haʊz/
- /haʊs/
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- [noun, adjective hous; verb houz]
- /noun, adjective haʊs; verb haʊz/
Definitions of house word
- noun plural house a building in which people live; residence for human beings. 1
- noun plural house a household. 1
- noun plural house (often initial capital letter) a family, including ancestors and descendants: the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg. 1
- noun plural house a building for any purpose: a house of worship. 1
- noun plural house a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: a vaudeville house. 1
- noun plural house the audience of a theater or the like. 1
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Origin of house
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English h(o)us, Old English hūs; cognate with Dutch huis, Low German huus, Old Norse hūs, German Haus, Gothic -hūs (in gudhūs temple); (v.) Middle English housen, Old English hūsian, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for House
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
house popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
house usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for house
noun house
- building — A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
- box — A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
- apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
- dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- residence — the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
adjective house
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
verb house
- accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
- shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- take in — the act of taking.
- put up — planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.
Antonyms for house
noun house
- office — Microsoft Office
Top questions with house
- how much house can i afford?
- how much is my house worth?
- how to buying a house?
- how much does it cost to build a house?
- how much does it costs to build a house?
- how to buy a house?
- what is my house worth?
- how to build a house?
- who is the speaker of the house?
- what happened when the boarding house blew up?
- why is my house so dusty?
- what hogwarts house are you in?
- what is a trap house?