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Universal
  • 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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Universal
  • 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.
  • 7 [mass noun] Britishold-fashioned term for bingo.
  • [as exclamation] used by a bingo player to announce that they have won.

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Universal
  • 1provide with shelter or accommodation:they converted a disused cinema to house twelve employees
  • 2provide space for; contain or accommodate:the museum houses a collection of Roman sculpture
  • fix (something) in a socket or mortise.

as safe as houses

British completely safe.

get on (or along) like a house on fire

informal have a very good and friendly relationship: Gav and my Aunt Janice got on like a house on fire

go (all) round the houses

British
take a circuitous route to one’s destination.
take an unnecessarily long time to get to the point: a partner is likely to go all round the houses today, when it’s obvious what they are hinting at

house and home

a person’s home (used for emphasis):some people sell house and home to sit in a boat writing books

a house divided cannot stand

proverb a group or organization weakened by internal dissensions will be unable to withstand external pressures.

house of cards

a structure built out of playing cards precariously balanced together.
used to refer to an insubstantial or insecure situation or scheme:the special constitutional arrangement collapsed like a house of cards

keep (or make) a House

British secure the presence of enough members for a quorum in the House of Commons.

keep house

do the cooking, cleaning, and other tasks involved in the running of a household: a young girl named Roxie came over to keep house for him

on the house

(of a drink or meal in a bar or restaurant) at the management’s expense; free: our first rounds always came on the house

play house

(of a child) play at being a family in its home: I suggested exploring the woods or playing house

put (or set) one's house in order

make necessary reforms:the Americans need to put their own economic house in order

set up house

make one’s home in a specified place: he moved to Manhattan and set up house on 54th Street

houseful

noun (plural housefuls)

houseless

adjective

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