HOUSE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Old English hūs (noun), hūsian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huis, German Haus (nouns), and Dutch huizen, German hausen (verbs)

a building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys

building for human habitation

• my wife and I are moving to a new house
• a house of Cotswold stone
• house prices

a building in which people meet for a particular activity

building for particular activity

• a house of prayer

a religious community that occupies a particular building

religious community

• the Cistercian house at Clairvaux

a legislative or deliberative assembly

legislative or deliberative assembly

• the sixty-member National Council, the country's upper house

a style of electronic dance music typically having sparse, repetitive vocals and a fast beat

dance music

• DJs specializing in techno, garage, and house

a twelfth division of the celestial sphere, based on the positions of the ascendant and midheaven at a given time and place, and determined by any of a number of methods.

twelfth division of celestial sphere

bingo

(of an animal or plant) kept in, frequenting, or infesting buildings.

kept in or frequenting buildings

relating to a firm, institution, or society

relating to firm or institution

• a house journal

provide with shelter or accommodation

provide with shelter or accommodation

• they converted a disused cinema to house twelve employees

provide space for; contain or accommodate

provide space for

• the museum houses a collection of Roman sculpture

eat the whole of (something), typically very quickly

eat whole of

• it could be that I just housed a massive burrito, but I don't feel good