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noun

ˈhau̇s How to pronounce house (audio)
Definition of housenext
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as in company
a commercial or industrial activity or organization a publishing house that specializes in school textbooks

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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor the present British royal family belongs to the House of Windsor

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as in residence
the place where one lives come over to my house so I can show you my new furniture

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as in household
those who live as a family in one house the whole house is in a state of excited anticipation for the holidays

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as in nest
the shelter or resting place of a wild animal prairie dogs make their house underground

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verb

ˈhau̇z How to pronounce house (audio)
1
as in to lodge
to provide with living quarters or shelter some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished

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as in to closet
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers the famous document is housed in a special display case

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Recent Examples of house
Noun
The homeowners also patched the roof of their house before rain fell that evening — a crucial step because the fragile meteor is porous and sucks in water from the air, Jenniskens said. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 The high school also sits on Dobbins Street, named after his grandfather, who built the first house on the road. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
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The English team housed its media center inside the Kansas City Parks and Recreation administrative building on 63rd Street. — Jack Harvel july 13, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 The vacant space formerly housed an REI that moved to Carlsbad. — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for house
  1. company
  2. family
  3. residence
  4. household
  5. nest
  6. lodge
  7. closet
  8. firm
Noun
  • SpaceX called off a test flight of its powerful Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster as the countdown clock reached zero Thursday at the company’s spaceport in South Texas.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • But using open source models does often require more technical expertise on the part of the companies deploying them.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 17 July 2026
Definition of company
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  • The family fought for three hours last July Fourth to stay alive after more than a summer’s worth of rain fell overnight on bone-dry soil, pushing the waterway from about 3 feet to 30 feet in just 45 minutes.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of family
Noun
  • One residence was damaged and a minor structure was destroyed, according to an incident update.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • The upstairs rooms became residences, while downstairs spaces were rented to small businesses.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of residence
Noun
  • Most of those new households are dual-income with limited free time.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • Labeling the outside of the container ensures your household stays safe.
    — Irina Butler, Boston Herald, 10 July 2026
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  • After fledging, Sandy and Luna may pop up on the nest cameras from time to time since they are expected to keep to Big Bear Valley for a bit.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • Inspect your eaves regularly in spring to spot early signs of nesting, like hornet activity or small nests.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026
Definition of nest
Verb
  • Devers furthered the Giants’ cause with a ground-rule double that lodged itself under the padding along the right-field line, scoring Schmitt.
    — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
  • Braverman was writing in response to another parliamentarian who noted that Jamaica planned to lodge a formal petition for reparations later this year.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of lodge
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  • According to a Lake Havasu City Police incident report, obtained by TMZ and other outlets, officers discovered the handwritten missive tucked in a black basket in a bathroom closet not far from where Sheets’ body was found.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
  • Hoarding, often unfairly criticized by minimalists and closet organizers everywhere, is the art of keeping things that are useful, meaningful or may be surprisingly important some day.
    — Shivali H. Patra, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of closet
Noun
  • Lockheed Martin is one of the world’s largest defense firms, producing planes such as the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet and munitions like the Patriot air defense missile.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • The firm intends to sell specialized engineering services that utilize digital process models.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
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