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say it: hows
house is a noun and verb meaning "a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families". It carries 14 recorded senses.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
“he has a house on Cape Cod”
“she felt she had to get out of the house”
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
“he worked for a brokerage house”
the members of a religious community living together
an official assembly having legislative powers
“a bicameral legislature has two houses”
play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
“the children were playing house”
the management of a gambling house or casino
“the house gets a percentage of every bet”
a social unit living together
“he moved his family to Virginia”
“It was a good Christian household”
“I waited until the whole house was asleep”
“the teacher asked how many people made up his home”
“the family refused to accept his will”
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
“the house was full”
dramaturgy
a building in which something is sheltered or located
“they had a large carriage house”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for house come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.