house: значение и определения

A structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family.

A household or family.

A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something: a carriage house; the lion house at the zoo.

Something, such as a burrow or shell, that serves as a shelter or habitation for a wild animal.

A dwelling for a group of people, such as students or members of a religious community, who live together as a unit: a sorority house.

A facility, such as a theater or restaurant, that provides entertainment or food for the public: a movie house; the specialty of the house.

The audience or patrons of such an establishment: a full house.

A commercial firm: a brokerage house.

A publishing company: a house that specializes in cookbooks.

A gambling casino.

Slang A house of prostitution.

A residential college within a university.

A legislative or deliberative assembly.

The hall or chamber in which such an assembly meets.

A quorum of such an assembly.

A family line including ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble family: the House of Orange.

One of the 12 parts into which the heavens are divided in astrology.

The sign of the zodiac indicating the seat or station of a planet in the heavens. Also called mansion.

House music.

To provide living quarters for; lodge: The cottage housed ten students.

To shelter, keep, or store in or as if in a house: a library housing rare books.

To contain; harbor.

To fit into a socket or mortise.

Nautical To secure or stow safely.

To reside; dwell.