- house - 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"
--1 is a kind of dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house; building, edifice
--1 has parts: library; loft, attic, garret; porch; study
--1 has particulars:Derived form: verb house2 - house - an official assembly having legislative powers; "the legislature has two houses"
--2 is a kind of legislature, legislative assembly, general assembly, law-makers
--2 has particulars:- house - a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"
--3 is a kind of building, edifice
--3 has particulars:bathhouse, bagnio; boathouse; courthouse; field house, sports arena; icehouse; meat house; oast house; pump house, pumping station; smokehouse, meat house Derived form: verb house2 - family, household, house, home, menage - 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"
--4 is a kind of unit, social unit
--4 has particulars:nuclear family, conjugal family; extended family; foster family; foster home; menage a trois - theater, theatre, house - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
--5 is a kind of building, edifice
--5 has parts: --5 has particulars:- firm, house, business firm - members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house"
--6 is a kind of business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
--6 has particulars:corporation, corp; accounting firm; consulting firm, consulting company; publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company; dealer; law firm; auction house - house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York"
--7 is a kind of family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
--7 has particulars:royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house; Medici - house - the members of a religious community living together
--8 is a kind of community
- house - the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"
--9 is a kind of audience
--9 has part: claque- 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"
--10 is a kind of play, child's play
- sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house - (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
--11 is a kind of region, part
--11 is a part of zodiac
--11 has particulars:- house - the management of a gambling house or casino; "the house gets a percentage of every bet"
--12 is a kind of management
- house - a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"
- house - contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"
--1 is one way to accommodate, hold, admit
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun housing2
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- house, put up, domiciliate - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
--2 is one way to shelter
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun house3, noun house1, noun housing1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP