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ALL meanings of house

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  • noun house shelter 1
  • noun house legislative body 1
  • noun house business firm 1
  • noun house university college 1
  • noun house members of a college 1
  • noun house gambling: casino 1
  • noun house audience 1
  • noun house convent or abbey 1
  • noun house church, mosque, synagogue 1
  • noun house residential division in boarding school 1
  • noun house team in British school 1
  • transitive verb house provide housing 1
  • transitive verb house provide a workplace 1
  • transitive verb house secure sthg 1
  • noun house A building for human habitation, esp. one that is lived in by a family or small group of people. 1
  • verb transitive house to insert into a housing 0
  • intransitive verb house to take shelter 0
  • intransitive verb house to reside; live 0
  • countable noun house A house is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family. 0
  • singular noun house You can refer to all the people who live together in a house as the house. 0
  • countable noun house House is used in the names of types of places where people go to eat and drink. 0
  • countable noun house House is used in the names of types of companies, especially ones which publish books, lend money, or design clothes. 0
  • countable noun house House is sometimes used in the names of office buildings and large private homes or expensive houses. 0
  • countable noun house You can refer to the two main bodies of Britain's parliament and the United States of America's legislature as the House or a House. 0
  • singular noun house You can refer to all the people at a debate as the house. 0
  • countable noun house In a British school, a house is a group of children of different ages who compete against other groups in sports and other activities. Each house usually has a name. 0
  • countable noun house A house is a family which has been or will be important for many generations, especially the family of a king or queen. 0
  • countable noun house The house is the part of a theatre, cinema, or other place of entertainment where the audience sits. You can also refer to the audience at a particular performance as the house. 0
  • adjective house A restaurant's house wine is the cheapest wine it sells, which is not listed by name on the wine list. 0
  • verb house To house someone means to provide a house or flat for them to live in. 0
  • verb house A building or container that houses something is the place where it is located or from where it operates. 0
  • verb house If you say that a building houses a number of people, you mean that is the place where they live or where they are staying. 0
  • noun house a building used as a home; dwelling 0
  • noun house (as modifier) 0
  • noun house the people present in a house, esp its usual occupants 0
  • noun house a building used for some specific purpose 0
  • noun house (in combination) 0
  • noun house a family line including ancestors and relatives, esp a noble one 0
  • noun house a commercial company; firm 0
  • noun house an official deliberative or legislative body, such as one chamber of a bicameral legislature 0
  • noun house a quorum in such a body (esp in the phrase make a house) 0
  • noun house a dwelling for a religious community 0
  • noun house any of the 12 divisions of the zodiac 0
  • noun house any of several divisions, esp residential, of a large school 0
  • noun house a hotel, restaurant, bar, inn, club, etc, or the management of such an establishment 0
  • noun house (of wine) sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list 0
  • noun house the audience in a theatre or cinema 0
  • noun house a hall in which an official deliberative or legislative body meets 0
  • noun house the 12-foot target circle around the tee 0
  • noun house any structure or shelter on the weather deck of a vessel 0
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