house

A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

• This is my house and my family's ancestral home.

An apartment building within a public housing estate.

A container; a thing which houses another.

Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.

A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.

The people who live in a house; a household.

A building used for something other than a residence .

• The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.
• On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.
• A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.

A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.

• A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.

A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.

• One more, sir, then I'll have to stop serving you – rules of the house, I'm afraid.
• The house always wins.

A workhouse.

The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.

• After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.

• The petition was so ridiculous that the house rejected it after minimal debate.

A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.

• A curse lay upon the House of Atreus.

A place of rest or repose.

To keep within a structure or container.

• The car is housed in the garage.

To admit to residence; to harbor.

To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.

To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.

To contain or cover mechanical parts.

To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.

• The joists were housed into the side walls, rather than being hung from them.

To drive to a shelter.

To deposit and cover, as in the grave.

To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.

• to house the upper spars

To eat; especially, to scarf down.

House music.