house
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4.6
- noun
- /haʊs/
- Baby Talk
:
juego de casitas
- During recess, the kids love to play house with their friends, taking on different family roles.
- play house
Examples
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Young girls (ages 7 to 9) reported playing house or other fantasy games such as "ponies."
Academic text (1992) -
let's say when a child of four is playing house, she
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What if I asked the house to play house?
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The daughter of the house told me it was a little game he played.
Fiction book (1995) -
I am home and I've made it in time for house play time.
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The children were actively involved in many interest groups: barber/beauty shop, playing house, puppets, sandbox, etc.
Academic text (1992) -
Let's play house and pretend we are a real family.
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The children spent hours playing house in the backyard, acting like they were grown-ups.
Idioms
- Informal
12
5.1
A plan or organization that seems strong but is actually weak and likely to fail
- Informal
To eat so much at someone's home that they have almost no food left
- Informal
Suddenly fail completely because it is weak or badly built
Compounds
210
3.0
The lower law-making part of the United States Congress with people chosen from each state by population
176
1.9
The government building in Washington, D.C. where the US president lives and works
34
3.5
The elected lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament that makes and passes laws
32
4.6
A place where people live while they recover from addiction or return from prison and prepare to live alone
21
3.0
A company that sells things to the person who pays the most, often paintings or antiques
The part of the United States Congress with elected representatives that makes and passes federal laws
7
4.1
The upper house of the UK Parliament made of appointed and hereditary members who review laws
- Specialized
7
4.5
A company that buys and sells stocks or other investments for clients
5
3.3
The elected part of the British Parliament that makes laws and represents the public
A lower house of the United States Congress where members elected from each state make and pass national laws
The lower house of the United States Congress with 435 elected members who make national laws
1
3.6
The elected part of the United Kingdom Parliament that makes and approves laws
- Baby Talk
1
2.1
A small model house with tiny furniture that children play with using dolls
1
3.7
A house that is old and kept because it has an important past and is often open to visitors
1
1.6
Work that covers the inside or outside of a house with color to protect and decorate it
1
2.8
A person who stays in and looks after a house while the owners are away, often without pay
1
4.8
The upper house of the UK Parliament with appointed, hereditary, and clergy members who review laws
How Strategic
Surface Forms
Etymology
The children's game 'play house' comes from children copying family life inside a pretend home, so the word here simply stands for the home and the roles people have in it.