house
house is a 5-letter English word with 33 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.
- noun. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
- noun. Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
- noun. A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel.
- noun. One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.
- noun. A firm, or commercial establishment.
- noun. A public house; an inn; a hotel.
- noun. A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.
- noun. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
- noun. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.
- noun. The body, as the habitation of the soul.
- noun. The grave.
- transitive verb. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle.
- transitive verb. To drive to a shelter.
- transitive verb. To admit to residence; to harbor.
- transitive verb. To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
- transitive verb. To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.
- intransitive verb. To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.
- intransitive verb. To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8.
- noun. play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
"the children were playing house"
- noun. 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"
- noun. a building in which something is sheltered or located
"they had a large carriage house"
- noun. a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
"the house was full"
- noun. aristocratic family line
"the House of York"
- noun. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
"he worked for a brokerage house"
- noun. a social unit living together
"he moved his family to Virginia"
"It was a good Christian household"
- noun. an official assembly having legislative powers
"a bicameral legislature has two houses"
- noun. the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
"the house applauded"
"he counted the house"
- noun. the members of a religious community living together
- noun. the management of a gambling house or casino
"the house gets a percentage of every bet"
- noun. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- verb. provide housing for
"The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
- verb. contain or cover
"This box houses the gears"
Synonyms
theater, theatre, firm, family, home, household, menage, mansion, sign, domiciliate
Common word forms
housed, houser, houses, housing, houseful, houseless
Words from these letters
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