1. a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
2. a household.
3. a family, including ancestors and descendants: the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg.
4. a building for any purpose: a house of worship.
5. a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: a vaudeville house.
6. the audience of a theater or the like.
7. a place of shelter for an animal, bird, etc. (usually used in combination): a doghouse.
8. the building in which a legislative or official deliberative body meets.
9. the body itself, especially of a bicameral legislature: the House of Representatives.
10. a quorum of such a body.
11. a commercial establishment; business firm: the House of Rothschild; a publishing house.
12. a gambling casino.
13. the management of a commercial establishment or of a gambling casino: rules of the house.
14. an advisory or deliberative group, especially in church or college affairs.
15. a college in an English-type university.
16. a residential hall in a college or school; dormitory.
17. the members or residents of any such residential hall.
18. a brothel; whorehouse.
19. house music.
20. a variety of lotto or bingo played with paper and pencil, especially by soldiers as a gambling game.
21. the area enclosed by a circle 12 or 14 feet (3.7 or 4.2 meters) in diameter at each end of the rink, having the tee in the center.
22. any enclosed shelter above the weather deck of a vessel: bridge house; deck house.
23. one of the 12 divisions of the celestial sphere, numbered counterclockwise from the point of the eastern horizon.

24. to put or receive into a house, dwelling, or living quarters: More than 200 students were housed in the dormitory.
25. to give shelter to; harbor; lodge: to house flood victims in schools.
26. to provide with a place to work, study, or the like: This building houses our executive staff.
27. to provide storage space for; be a receptacle for or repository of: The library houses 600,000 books.
28. to remove from exposure; put in a safe place.
29. Nautical.
• to stow securely.
• to lower (an upper mast) and make secure, as alongside the lower mast.
• to heave (an anchor) home.
30. Carpentry.
• to fit the end or edge of (a board or the like) into a notch, hole, or groove.
• to form (a joint) between two pieces of wood by fitting the end or edge of one into a dado of the other.

31. to take shelter; dwell.

32. of, relating to, or noting a house.
33. for or suitable for a house: house paint.
34. served by a restaurant as its customary brand: the house wine.
35. of or being a product made by or for a specific retailer and often sold under the store's own label: You'll save money on the radio if you buy the house brand.

36. to call forth vigorous applause from an audience; be highly successful: The children's performances brought down the house.
37. clean (def. 48).
38. dress the house, Theater.
• to fill a theater with many people admitted on free passes; paper the house.
• to arrange or space the seating of patrons in such a way as to make an audience appear larger or a theater or nightclub more crowded than it actually is.
39. to maintain a home; manage a household.
40. very quickly; with energy or enthusiasm: The new product took off like a house on fire.
41. as a gift from the management; free: Tonight the drinks are on the house.
42. put / set one's house in order,
• to settle one's affairs.
• to improve one's behavior or correct one's faults: It is easy to criticize others, but it would be better to put one's own house in order first.

1. U.S. diplomat.
2. U.S. blues singer and guitarist.

• a building used as a home; dwelling
• (as modifier)
2. the people present in a house, esp its usual occupants
• a building used for some specific purpose
• (in combination)
4. a family line including ancestors and relatives, esp a noble one
• a commercial company; firm
• (as modifier)
6. an official deliberative or legislative body, such as one chamber of a bicameral legislature
7. a quorum in such a body (esp in the phrase make a house)
8. a dwelling for a religious community
9. any of the 12 divisions of the zodiac
• any of several divisions, esp residential, of a large school
• (as modifier)
• a hotel, restaurant, bar, inn, club, etc, or the management of such an establishment
• (as modifier)
• (in combination)
12. (of wine) sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
13. the audience in a theatre or cinema
14. an informal word for brothel
15. a hall in which an official deliberative or legislative body meets
16. See full house
17. the 12-foot target circle around the tee
18. any structure or shelter on the weather deck of a vessel
19. to win great applause
20. house and home an emphatic form of home
21. to be always ready to provide hospitality
22. very well, quickly, or intensely
23. (usually of drinks) paid for by the management of the hotel, bar, etc
24. to settle or organize one's affairs
25. very secure

26. to provide with or serve as accommodation
27. to give or receive shelter or lodging
28. to contain or cover, esp in order to protect
29. to fit (a piece of wood) into a mortise, joint, etc
30. (tr) nautical
• to secure or stow
• to secure (a topmast)
• to secure and stow (an anchor)

1. See House of Commons
2. the Stock Exchange

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