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Noun house has 12 senses

house - 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"
--₁ is a kind of dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house; building, edifice
--₁ has parts: library; loft, attic, garret; porch; study
--₁ has particulars:

Derived form: verb house₂

house - an official assembly having legislative powers; "the legislature has two houses"
--₂ is a kind of legislature, legislative assembly, general assembly, law-makers
--₂ has particulars:

United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, US House of Representatives, House of Representatives, U.S. House, US House; House of Commons, British House of Commons; House of Lords, British House of Lords; Dail Eireann, Dail; Seanad Eireann, Seanad

house - a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"
--₃ is a kind of building, edifice
--₃ has particulars:
bathhouse, bagnio; boathouse; courthouse; field house, sports arena; icehouse; meat house; oast house; pump house, pumping station; smokehouse, meat house

Derived form: verb house₂
family, household, house, home, menage - a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
--₄ is a kind of unit, social unit
--₄ has particulars:
nuclear family, conjugal family; extended family; foster family; foster home; menage a trois

theater, theatre, house - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
--₅ is a kind of building, edifice
--₅ has parts:

box office, ticket office, ticket booth; circle, dress circle; dressing room; greenroom; orchestra; orchestra pit, pit; parquet; parquet circle, parterre; stage; standing room; theater stage, theatre stage; tiered seats

--₅ has particulars:

arena theater, theater in the round; cinema, movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace; dinner theater, dinner theatre; home theater, home theatre; little theater, little theatre; music hall, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre; opera, opera house

firm, house, business firm - members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house"
--₆ is a kind of business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
--₆ has particulars:
corporation, corp; accounting firm; consulting firm, consulting company; publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company; dealer; law firm; auction house
house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York"
--₇ is a kind of family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
--₇ has particulars:
royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house; Medici
house - the members of a religious community living together
--₈ is a kind of community
house - the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"
--₉ is a kind of audience
--₉ has part: claque
house - play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"
--₁₀ is a kind of play, child's play

sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house - (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
--₁₁ is a kind of region, part
--₁₁ is a part of zodiac
--₁₁ has particulars:

house - the management of a gambling house or casino; "the house gets a percentage of every bet"
--₁₂ is a kind of management

Verb house has 2 senses

house - contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"
--₁ is one way to accommodate, hold, admit

Derived form: noun housing₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
house, put up, domiciliate - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
--₂ is one way to shelter

Derived forms: noun house₃, noun house₁, noun housing₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP