house

US /haʊs/

UK /haʊs/

A1

adjective

  • Relating to a house or household.

noun

  • Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • A building for human habitation, typically consisting of walls, a roof, and a door.
  • A business or firm.
  • A family, especially a royal family or noble family.
  • Building in which a family, person lives
  • A deliberative or legislative assembly.
  • The audience in a theater or cinema.

verb

  • To give someone a place to live
  • To contain or store something

other

  • To provide accommodation or shelter for.

Examples

They bought a dilapidated house when they got married, and are gradually doing it up.

At no time in the 19th century were the working classes adequately housed.