house
hows
- n a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
he has a house on Cape Cod
she felt she had to get out of the house - n the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
he worked for a brokerage house - n the members of a religious community living together
- n the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
the house applauded
he counted the house - n an official assembly having legislative powers
a bicameral legislature has two houses - n aristocratic family line
- n play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
the children were playing house - n (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- n the management of a gambling house or casino
the house gets a percentage of every bet - n a social unit living together
It was a good Christian household
I waited until the whole house was asleep - n a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
the house was full - n a building in which something is sheltered or located
they had a large carriage house - v contain or cover
This box houses the gears - v provide housing for
The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town
- As one iconic Modernist house opens to an eager public, others molder or are being bulldozed away.
- In 1929 he designed for Manhattan an apartment house of concrete, steel and glass more radical and inventive than any even proposed in functionalist Europe.