White House

noun

-ˌhau̇s 

1

: a residence of the president of the U.S.

2

: the executive department of the U.S. government

Examples of White House in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said that Trump had a fever and his blood oxygen levels had dropped rapidly. —Justin Gomez, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025

But now, the SSA is changing that policy, which a White House official told CBS MoneyWatch is due to the rollout of anti-fraud software that will be able to identify anomalies and flag potential fraud when people verify their identities over the phones. —Anne Marie Drummond Lee, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025

Wolf’s now-legendary 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was not attended by Donald Trump but was attended by his then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, drew a torrent of angry responses — and not all from the right. —Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025

The Krebs memo fits into a pattern of Trump using executive orders, press releases, and other statements as a form of rage-tweeting on White House stationery. —Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

the White House, mansion in Washington, D.C., assigned to the use of the president of the U.S.

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for White House

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse