1(of an animal or plant) kept in, frequenting, or infesting buildings.
2relating to a firm, institution, or society:a house journal
(of a band or group) resident or regularly performing in a club or other venue:the house band
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1a building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys:a house of Cotswold stone [as modifier]:house prices
the people living in a house; a household:make yourself scarce before you wake the whole house
a noble, royal, or wealthy family or lineage; a dynasty:the power and prestige of the House of Stewart
chiefly Scottish a dwelling that is one of several in a building.
[with modifier] a building in which animals live or in which things are kept:a hen house
2a building in which people meet for a particular activity:a house of prayer
a firm or institution:a fashion house
(the House)British informal the Stock Exchange.
a restaurant or inn:help yourself to a drink, compliments of the house! [as modifier]:a carafe of house wine
dated a brothel.
a theatre:a hundred musicians performed in front of a full house
British a performance in a theatre or cinema:tickets for the first house
3a religious community that occupies a particular building:the Cistercian house at Clairvaux
a residential building for pupils at a boarding school:a house of 45 boarders [as modifier]:a house prefect
British each of a number of groups into which pupils at a day school are divided for games or competition.
British formal a college of a university.
4a legislative or deliberative assembly:the sixty-member National Council, the country’s upper house
(the House) (in the UK) the House of Commons or Lords; (in the US) the House of Representatives:the government commanded an overall majority in the House
used in formal debates that mimic the procedures of a legislative assembly:a debate on the motion ‘This house would legalize cannabis’
5 (also house music) [mass noun] a style of electronic dance music typically having sparse, repetitive vocals and a fast beat:DJs specializing in techno, garage, and house
6 Astrology 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.
a twelfth division of the celestial sphere represented as a sector on an astrological chart, used in allocating elements of character and circumstance to different spheres of human life.