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US
/ˈhaʊs/
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NOUN
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a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
she felt she had to get out of the house
he has a house on Cape Cod -
an official assembly having legislative powers
a bicameral legislature has two houses -
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
he worked for a brokerage house -
play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
the children were playing house -
a building in which something is sheltered or located
they had a large carriage house -
aristocratic family line
the House of York -
a social unit living together
the family refused to accept his will
I waited until the whole house was asleep
the teacher asked how many people made up his home
he moved his family to Virginia
It was a good Christian household -
the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
he counted the house
the house applauded - (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
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a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
the house was full -
the management of a gambling house or casino
the house gets a percentage of every bet - the members of a religious community living together
VERB
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contain or cover
This box houses the gears -
provide housing for
The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town
How To Use house In A Sentence
- The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe.
- In her house apron and with her hair a little ruffled she looked younger, startled and then angry. THE WHITE DOVE
- The house was a semi-detached with a couple of children playing in the front lawn and his son was just arriving home from his days work.
- Police are anxious to trace two men seen leaving the house just before 8am.
- The couples agreed on a discreet slate-tiled mansard roof extension that gave each house an additional 30sq m of floor space. Times, Sunday Times
- A few days after, they brought the intelligence that Barbarina had returned; and the councillor dwelt with her in her new house; and the servants were commanded to call the signora Madame Cocceji. as she was his well-beloved and trusted wife. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends
- On the fives court, his nervous housemaster could relax, “rushing about,” as Roald described it, “shrieking what a little fool he is, and calling himself all sorts of names when he misses the ball.” Storyteller
- · “Adult family member” is defined as “a person over 21 years of age who is the parent, grandparent, step-parent living in the household, or legal guardian” of the pregnant teen. Archive 2009-07-01
- The opening Thursday of SugarHouse Casino, Pennsylvania's 10th casino, comes after years of community protests and delays.
- There was a deal of shouting from Jamie's direction, and general hubbub, as a few people came out of the pothouse, staring. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
