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household

/ˈhaʊshoʊld/
nounadjective

All the persons who live in a given house or other home; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 3 meanings

  1. All the persons who live in a given house or other home; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.

  2. Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.

  3. Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.

Adjective 3 meanings

  1. Belonging to the same house and family.

  2. Found in or having its origin in a home.

  3. Widely known to the public; familiar.

    “a household word; a household name”

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

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Etymology

From Middle English houshold. By surface analysis, house + hold.

HOUSEHOLD at a glance

HOUSEHOLD has 9 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1 + E 1 + H 4 + O 1 + L 1 + D 2) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,107 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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