house

  • (noun): A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
  • (noun): The people who live in a house; a household.
  • (noun): A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
  • (noun): The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
  • (noun): A theatre.
  • (noun): A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
  • (noun): A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
  • (noun): A place of rest or repose.
  • (noun): A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
  • (noun): An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
  • (noun): One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
  • (noun): The fourth Lenormand card.
  • (noun): A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
  • (noun): The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
  • (noun): Lotto; bingo.
  • (noun): A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
  • (noun): A small stand of trees in a swamp.
  • (noun): (sudoku) A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku.
  • This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
  • On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.
  • After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
  • The petition was so ridiculous that the house rejected it after minimal debate.
  • A curse lay upon the House of Atreus.