house
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
Noun 4 meanings
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
“This is my house and my family's ancestral home.”
A container; a thing which houses another.
Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
Verb 4 meanings
To keep within a structure or container.
“The car is housed in the garage.”
To admit to residence; to harbor.
To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
Etymology
From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”). More at hose.
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HOUSE at a glance
HOUSE has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #174 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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