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house
has definitions from the fields of games,housing,architecture,performing arts,business,politics,film,theater,religion,sociology,astronomy
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[ noun ] (housing) a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
Examples "he has a house on Cape Cod" "she felt she had to get out of the house" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)He does n't think that potting them from a deck_chair on the south_side of the house with a quart glass of beer for sustenance is entirely sporting . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)`` Designs , plans and furnishes interiors of houses , commercial and institutional structures , hotels , clubs , ships , theaters , as_well_as set_decorations for motion_picture arts and television . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)Men , trees , automobiles , houses , and_so_on - objects continually confronted in everyday life - had each its characteristic blot appearance and became easily recognizable , at the very beginning of tracing , by an inference as_to what each was . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Instead , he whirled and ran to his house for a gun forcing them to kill him , Cook reported . While talking with Julian_M._Beall , Francisco_Archuleta and Juan_Marcus appeared , both heavily armed , and after watching the house for_a_while , rode_away . Related terms dwelling building bungalow farmhouse cabin ranch_house residence sod_house boarding_house mansion row_house guesthouse detached_house country_house safe_house hacienda lodging_house lodge dollhouse maisonnette door beach_house tract_house duplex_house chalet saltbox solar_house gatehouse chapterhouse stash_house villa porch study library loft |
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[ noun ] (politics) an official assembly having legislative powers
Examples "the legislature has two houses" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Under Formby 's plan , an appointee would be selected by a board composed of the governor , lieutenant_governor , speaker of the House , attorney_general and chief_justice of the Texas_Supreme_Court . |
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[ noun ] (architecture) a building in which something is sheltered or located
Examples "they had a large carriage house" |
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[ noun ] (housing) a social unit living together
Examples "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" Related terms unit foster_home extended_family menage_a_trois nuclear_family foster_family home |
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[ noun ] (performing arts) a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
Examples "the house was full" |
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[ noun ] (business) members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
Synonyms Examples "he worked for a brokerage house" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Consultation with architects , clients , real_estate men , fabric houses and furniture companies is essential to the proper development of class problems just as in actual work . Fortunately , although only a_few years ago they held the student at_arms_length , today the business houses welcome the opportunity to aid the student , not_only from an increased sense of community responsibility but also from the realization that the student of today is the interior_designer of tomorrow - that the student already is `` in the trade '' . |
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[ verb ] contain or cover
Examples "This box houses the gears" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Even the stable garage , which housed nothing now but the scent of rot , had a lawn before it . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (housing) provide housing for
Synonyms Examples "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The nest itself , the structure that in some cases housed about 2000 individuals when the season was at its peak , is now rapidly destroyed by the scavenging larvae of certain beetles and moths . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)In 1918 the New_England_Telephone_Company began erecting a building to house its operations on the corner of U._S._Rte._7 and what is now Memorial_Avenue at Manchester_Center . |
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[ noun ] (religion,sociology) the members of a religious community living together
Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)Now , not_only are there considerably more laity as students and professors at Oxford , but there are also numerous houses of religious_orders existing in respectable and friendly relations with the non_Catholic members of the University . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (film,theater,performing arts) the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
Examples "the house applauded" "he counted the house" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)The engagement was_supposed_to be all set for the big theater in McCormick_Place , which Sol_Hurok , ballet booker extraordinary , considers the finest house of its kind in the country - and of_course he does n't weep at the capacity , either . |
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[ noun ] (games) play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
Examples "the children were playing house" Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)I mean something more like Freud 's concept of the utility of `` play '' to a small child : he plays `` house '' or `` doctor '' or `` fireman '' as a way of mastering slightly frightening experiences , reliving them imaginatively until they are under control . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 688
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[ noun ] (business) the management of a gambling house or casino
Examples "the house gets a percentage of every bet" Related terms |
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