a building designed for people to live in
(used in combinations) a building in which animals live or things are stored
the henhouse
the boathouse
(used in combinations) a building or establishment with a particular purpose
a public house
an opera house
(used in combinations) a specific type of business company
a publishing house
(used before a noun) relating to or produced for a particular organization or establishment
house magazine
(used in combinations) a specific type of business company
a publishing house
a legislative or deliberative assembly, esp as one of two chambers, or the place where it meets
the lower house
a community of monks or nuns, or the building they live in
any of several units into which a large school may be divided for social purposes, internal competitions, etc
a family, esp an important or ancient one
the House of Windsor
a household
the woman of the house
the area occupied by the audience in a theatre or cinema, or the audience itself
a full house
in astrology, any of the twelve equal sectors into which the celestial sphere is divided celestial sphere (imaginary sphere surrounding earth on whose surface the stars appear to be placed) is divided
in the game of curling, the circular area three yards (about 2.7 metres) in diameter surrounding the mark at which a stone is aimed and within which the stone must rest in order to count
(House) = house music
to receive rapturous applause from an audience
informal to get on very well with somebody
to go by a long indirect route
to run a household
at the expense of an establishment or its management
to put one's affairs straight