house

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults

   the children were playing house

2. 2
   noun

   a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

   They have a house on Cape Cod.

3. 3
   noun

   a building in which something is sheltered or located

   they had a large carriage house

4. 4
   noun

   a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

   the house was full

5. 5
   noun

   the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

   They worked for a brokerage house.

6. 6
   noun

   an official assembly having legislative powers

   a bicameral legislature has two houses

7. 7
   noun

   the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema

   the house applauded

8. 8
   noun

   the management of a gambling house or casino

   the house gets a percentage of every bet

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”). More at hose. Eclipsed non-native Middle English mees, meson, measoun (“house”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman mes, mies, meis, maisun (“house”). The uncommon plural form housen is from Middle English husen, housen. (The Old En…