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house

169 1.0
A group of people who live together in one home
  • noun
  • /haʊs/
: hogar
  • It's so hard to run a house and like raise children.
  • keep house

We are stuck in the same house together for five months.

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Examples

  • Still here in this house with more kids, right?

  • They moved into a new house to start their life as a family.

  • We are stuck in the same house together for five months.

  • And now we are all in the house together.

  • If ever you go East, brother... come out to our house for dinner.

  • We decided to share the house, to live together, with no hard rules.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • We met each week in a different house, sitting around the dining room table with our work.

    Academic text (1992)
  • When I first pulled up to the house, I made the mistake of judging the family.

    Academic text (2012)
  • So I knew my dad's house was a safe place for him.

  • You bring brightness into our house, my son, but the world needs you.

Synonyms

family
vshouse
∞ 1.0

People who live together in one home, usually parents and their children

is broader, applying to any people who live together as a social unit
household
vshouse
505 1.0

The people who live together in one home, often a family

is the social unit term used for people living together not just a dwelling
family unit
vshouse
23 1.8

A group of parents and their children who live together

is broader, covering any people living together as a social unit
menage
vshouse
8 9.3

A household of people who live together and share everyday life

is the everyday social unit word without formal or literary style
housel
vshouse
  • Archaic
9.9

People who live together in one house

is the modern social unit word used in current language

Idioms

77 3.2

Free for customers from a restaurant or bar

house of cards
  • Informal
19 5.1

A plan or organization that seems strong but is actually weak and likely to fail

to bet the house
  • Informal
4 8.5

To risk everything you own on one decision

4 7.5

Without a home because of a disaster or bad luck

3 5.5

To make an audience clap and cheer loudly

To eat so much at someone's home that they have almost no food left

Suddenly fail completely because it is weak or badly built

To blame others when you have the same faults

Getting your home and things tidy and ready

Compounds

White House
  • Literature
∞ 2.7

The people who work for the US president and make government decisions

814 1.9

The government building in Washington, D.C. where the US president lives and works

The lower law-making part of the United States Congress with people chosen from each state by population

109 4.8

A house where people in danger hide to stay safe

58 2.0

A home near the sea used for holidays

56 1.4

A small building or platform in the branches of a tree where children play

house arrest
  • Formal
55 4.0

A legal order to stay at home instead of going to prison

49 3.5

A house that people think ghosts live in

43 2.7

An event when people are invited to visit and feel welcome

39 4.6

A place where people live while they recover from addiction or return from prison and prepare to live alone

33 3.0

A building where people watch operas and musical shows

33 2.8

The part of the United States Congress where elected representatives make laws

house party
  • Informal
27 1.9

A party at someone's home where guests sometimes stay overnight

24 3.0

A company that sells things to the person who pays the most, often paintings or antiques

23 3.8

A building where police officers work and keep people they arrest

Visiting every house in an area one by one to search or ask questions

A company that makes and sells books, magazines or journals

frat house
  • Informal
19 7.0

A house near a college where members of a student group live and meet

boarding house
  • Archaic
19 2.7

A house where people pay to stay and get meals

18 3.4

A large house in the countryside with its own land

16 2.1

A person who is invited to stay in someone's home

15 3.5

The elected lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament that makes and passes laws

14 3.2

A house in the country used for staying and relaxing during summer

14 3.1

A building where people gather to pray, like a church

13 1.6

A building where people go to watch movies

A building where people gather for prayer or religious services

The part of the United States Congress with elected representatives that makes and passes federal laws

12 2.0

A building with many separate homes where different people live

A woman who runs the home and cares for the family

doll's house
  • Baby Talk
11 2.1

A small model house with tiny furniture that children play with using dolls

11 3.0

A house with one floor and a low roof, often long and near the ground

11 8.9

A house where people hide drugs or weapons to avoid being caught

10 3.3

A house where members of a college student group live and meet

10 1.0

A small cat kept as a pet in a home

9 3.0

A house in a row that shares walls with neighbours

8 3.7

A house where people rent single rooms and share bathrooms or a kitchen

8 4.1

The upper house of the UK Parliament made of appointed and hereditary members who review laws

8 3.4

A house in a long line that shares side walls with others

8 1.0

A small outside shelter where a dog sleeps or stays

7 2.5

A large, expensive home with nice decorations

nut house
  • Slur
7 9.9

An insulting slang word for a hospital for people with mental illness

7 7.3

A building where people are hurt or frightened

7 3.1

The lower part of the United States Congress that makes laws

full house
  • Jargon
7 4.2

Three cards of the same value and two cards of a different value in poker

brokerage house
  • Specialized
7 4.5

A company that buys and sells stocks or other investments for clients

7 1.6

All parts and rooms of a house taken together as one

7 6.8

A small building beside an old house where people keep carriages or cars

A group whose members strongly disagree about important issues

6 9.8

A part of a prison where people sentenced to die wait for their execution

6 6.0

A large old country house once owned by a rich landowner

A person who paints the inside or outside of houses

A lower house of the United States Congress where members elected from each state make and pass national laws

4 9.9

A very offensive racial insult for Black people once used for slaves in the owner's house and now unacceptable

4 4.7

A family of kings and queens who rule a country now or in the past

4 3.6

A large indoor building for sports and training with space for spectators

The lower house of the United States Congress with 435 elected members who make national laws

A very large, impressive house where a rich family lives

A house that is old and kept because it has an important past and is often open to visitors

3 3.5

A small building that holds machines to move water for a town or farm

3 2.0

A building where people drink alcohol and eat simple meals

3 9.1

A rude name for a hospital where people with mental illness are treated

clearing house
  • Specialized
3 4.8

An organization that collects and shares information or payments between other groups

3 3.7

A wife who runs the household while her husband earns money

A public building where people play games for money, like a casino

2 2.8

A person who stays in and looks after a house while the owners are away, often without pay

2 4.8

A house like many others built together in a suburb

2 4.6

A building where people are held as punishment or while waiting for trial

The royal family that has ruled the United Kingdom and other countries in the Commonwealth since 1917

2 4.6

A small extra home on the same property often built above a garage

2 8.9

A place where people pay to have sex

2 1.7

A colored liquid that you put on the outside of a house to cover wood or walls

A person who works in a home doing cleaning, cooking and other daily tasks

A man who looks after the home and family while his partner earns money

How Big

house
169 1.0
couple
∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

house singular
houses plural

Etymology

House comes from old English hus meaning 'dwelling', and people who lived in that dwelling were called the 'house', so house can mean the group of people or household who live together.