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How to pronounce house in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms domiciliate, put up
Type of shelter
Has types rehouse, lodge, home, take in, accommodate, chamber
Derivation housing


The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town.
Type Words
Synonyms family, home, household, menage
Type of unit, social unit
Has types conjugal family, broken home, menage a trois, foster home, foster family, nuclear family, extended family


It was a good Christian household.
I waited until the whole house was asleep.
Type Words
Synonyms business firm, firm
Type of business organisation, business, business concern, concern, business organization
Has types publishing firm, publishing house, publisher, dealer, corp, consulting firm, consulting company, corporation, auction house, law firm, publishing company, accounting firm


he worked for a brokerage house.
Type Words
Synonyms mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign
Type of region, part
Type Words
Synonyms theater, theatre
Type of edifice, building
Has types vaudeville theater, dinner theater, movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, music hall, dinner theatre, picture palace, arena theater, home theatre, home theater, opera, vaudeville theatre, theater in the round, little theater, cinema, opera house, little theatre


the house was full.
Type Words
Type of building, edifice
Has types field house, bagnio, oast house, pump house, pumping station, smokehouse, meat house, stash house, courthouse, bathhouse, sports arena, icehouse


they had a large carriage house.
Type Words
Type of building, abode, habitation, home, domicile, edifice, dwelling house, dwelling
Has types gatehouse, adobe house, beach house, boarding house, boardinghouse, bungalow, cabin, chalet, chapterhouse, cottage, country house, detached house, doll's house, dollhouse, duplex, duplex house, farmhouse, frat house, fraternity house, guesthouse, hacienda, hall, hunting lodge, lodge, lodging house, maisonette, maisonnette, manse, mansion, mansion house, ranch house, residence, rooming house, row house, safe house, saltbox, semidetached house, single dwelling, sod house, soddy, solar house, town house, tract house, villa


he has a house on Cape Cod.
she felt she had to get out of the house.
Type Words
Type of legislative assembly, general assembly, legislative body, law-makers, legislature
Has types british house of lords, house of representatives, united states house of representatives, house of lords, dail, dail eireann, house of burgesses, house of commons, u.s. house, us house, us house of representatives, u.s. house of representatives, seanad, seanad eireann, british house of commons


a bicameral legislature has two houses.
Type Words
Type of phratry, kinsfolk, kinfolk, sept, family, family line, folk
Has types royal line, royal house, royalty, medici, royal family
Type Words
Type of admit, hold, accommodate
Derivation housing


This box houses the gears.
Type Words
Type of play, child's play


the children were playing house.
Type Words
Type of audience


the house applauded.
he counted the house.
Type Words
Type of management


the house gets a percentage of every bet.
Type Words
Type of community

Examples of house

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It's critical, of course, for someone who is remodeling or building a new house.
From the dailyherald.com
The house is stucco, block or brick on tile, with unusually thick plaster walls.
From the dailyherald.com
Are there some materials in the room that I maybe already have around the house?
From the abcnews.go.com
On Monday, Laverne and Sue visited the house for the first time since the storm.
From the stltoday.com
Your house and property are worth exactly what a buyer is willing to pay for it.
From the thenewstribune.com
Nine people were displaced today after a massive house fire in west Polk County.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The couple who bought the house out of foreclosure think they're lucky, he says.
From the usatoday.com
Each month a huge machine rumbles past my house, supposedly to clean my streets.
From the sacbee.com
In addition to the sales price, the buyer must pay $60,000 to the auction house.
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More examples
  • 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"
  • Contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"
  • Firm: the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house"
  • Provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
  • The members of a religious community living together
  • The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"
  • A house is a home, building or structure that is a dwelling or place for habitation by human beings. The term includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). 6,000 Years of Housing (rev. ed. ...
  • House! is a 2000 British comedy film written by Eric Styles and Jason Sutton and directed by Julian Kemp. The film stars Kelly MacDonald, known for independent films such as Trainspotting and mainstream releases such as Nanny McPhee.
  • House is an American 1986 horror/comedy film. It stars William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll and Kay Lenz, and is directed by Steve Miner. It was produced and distributed by New World Pictures. ...