'House' definitions:
Definition of 'house'
From: WordNet
noun
A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
noun
The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house" [syn: firm, house, business firm]
noun
The members of a religious community living together
noun
The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"
noun
An official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
noun
Aristocratic family line; "the House of York"
noun
Play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"
noun
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house]
noun
The management of a gambling house or casino; "the house gets a percentage of every bet"
noun
A social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: family, household, house, home, menage]
noun
A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full" [syn: theater, theatre, house]
noun
A building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"
verb
Contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"
verb
Provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" [syn: house, put up, domiciliate]
Definition of 'House'
From: GCIDE
- House \House\ (hous), n.; pl. Houses. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See Hide, and cf. Hoard, Husband, Hussy, Husting.]
- 1. A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion. [1913 Webster]
- Houses are built to live in; not to look on. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and houses driven away. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household. [1913 Webster]
- One that feared God with all his house. --Acts x. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel. [1913 Webster]
- The last remaining pillar of their house, The one transmitter of their ancient name. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 5. One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Com.) A firm, or commercial establishment. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A public house; an inn; a hotel. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. [1913 Webster]
- 9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. [1913 Webster]
- 10. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house. [1913 Webster]
- 11. The body, as the habitation of the soul. [1913 Webster]
- This mortal house I'll ruin, Do C[ae]sar what he can. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 12.
- Usage: [With an adj., as narrow, dark, etc.] The grave. "The narrow house." --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- Note: House is much used adjectively and as the first element of compounds. The sense is usually obvious; as, house cricket, housemaid, house painter, housework. [1913 Webster]
- House ant (Zool.), a very small, yellowish brown ant (Myrmica molesta), which often infests houses, and sometimes becomes a great pest.
- House of bishops (Prot. Epis. Ch.), one of the two bodies composing a general convertion, the other being House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.
- House boat, a covered boat used as a dwelling.
- House of call, a place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assemble when out of work, ready for the call of employers. [Eng.]
- To bring down the house. See under Bring.
- To keep house, to maintain an independent domestic establishment.
- To keep open house, to entertain friends at all times.
- Syn: Dwelling; residence; abode. See Tenement. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'House'
From: GCIDE
- House \House\, v. i.
- 1. To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge. [1913 Webster]
- You shall not house with me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astrol.) To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8. "Where Saturn houses." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'House'
From: GCIDE
- House \House\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Housed; p. pr. & vb. n. Housing.] [AS. h?sian.]
- 1. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle. [1913 Webster]
- At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To admit to residence; to harbor. [1913 Webster]
- Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'House'
From: Easton
- House Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were builders of cities. The Hebrews after the Conquest took possession of the captured cities, and seem to have followed the methods of building that had been pursued by the Canaanites. Reference is made to the stone (1 Kings 7:9; Isa. 9:10) and marble (1 Chr. 29:2) used in building, and to the internal wood-work of the houses (1 Kings 6:15; 7:2; 10:11, 12; 2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). "Ceiled houses" were such as had beams inlaid in the walls to which wainscotting was fastened (Ezra 6:4; Jer. 22:14; Hag. 1:4). "Ivory houses" had the upper parts of the walls adorned with figures in stucco with gold and ivory (1 Kings 22:39; 2 Chr. 3:6; Ps. 45:8).
- The roofs of the dwelling-houses were flat, and are often alluded to in Scripture (2 Sam. 11:2; Isa. 22:1; Matt. 24:17). Sometimes tents or booths were erected on them (2 Sam. 16:22). They were protected by parapets or low walls (Deut. 22:8). On the house-tops grass sometimes grew (Prov. 19:13; 27:15; Ps. 129:6, 7). They were used, not only as places of recreation in the evening, but also sometimes as sleeping-places at night (1 Sam. 9:25, 26; 2 Sam. 11:2; 16:22; Dan. 4:29; Job 27:18; Prov. 21:9), and as places of devotion (Jer. 32:29; 19:13).
Synonyms of 'house'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbey,
- abode,
- accommodate,
- adobe house,
- affiliation,
- agency,
- aktiebolag,
- Aktiengesellschaft,
- amphitheater,
- ancestry,
- animal kingdom,
- apparentation,
- architecture,
- arena theater,
- as a gift,
- aspect,
- assembly,
- astrodiagnosis,
- astrology,
- astromancy,
- atelier,
- audience,
- auditorium,
- auditory,
- bagnio,
- barbershop,
- beauty parlor,
- beauty shop,
- bed,
- beleaguer,
- bench,
- berth,
- beset,
- besiege,
- bestow,
- billet,
- birth,
- blockade,
- blood,
- bloodline,
- board,
- body corporate,
- bordello,
- bound,
- boutique,
- box in,
- branch,
- breed,
- brood,
- brothel,
- building,
- bunk,
- business,
- business establishment,
- butcher shop,
- cabaret,
- cabin,
- cage,
- cartel,
- casa,
- chain store,
- chamber,
- chamber of commerce,
- children,
- circle theater,
- clan,
- class,
- cliff dwelling,
- cloister,
- close in,
- club,
- co-op,
- combine,
- commercial enterprise,
- common ancestry,
- commorancy,
- compagnie,
- company,
- compass,
- concern,
- concert hall,
- concession,
- conglomerate,
- conglomerate corporation,
- congregation,
- congress,
- consanguinity,
- consolidating company,
- consortium,
- construct,
- construction,
- consulate,
- contain,
- convent,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cooperative,
- copartnership,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- corporate body,
- corporation,
- corral,
- council,
- countinghouse,
- country house,
- country seat,
- country store,
- crib,
- cuddy,
- dacha,
- deanery,
- deckhouse,
- deme,
- department store,
- derivation,
- descendants,
- descent,
- desk,
- diet,
- dime store,
- direct line,
- discount house,
- discount store,
- distaff side,
- diversified corporation,
- domicile,
- domiciliate,
- dwelling,
- dwelling house,
- Dymaxion house,
- dynasty,
- edifice,
- Elizabethan theater,
- embassy,
- emporium,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enshrine,
- enterprise,
- entertain,
- erection,
- establishment,
- extraction,
- fabric,
- facility,
- family,
- farm,
- farmhouse,
- female line,
- fence in,
- filiation,
- firm,
- five-and-ten,
- folk,
- folks,
- for nothing,
- forebears,
- free,
- friary,
- gallery,
- general store,
- genethliac astrology,
- genethliacism,
- genethliacs,
- genethlialogy,
- gens,
- get,
- Globe Theatre,
- gratis,
- Greek theater,
- groundling,
- hall,
- harbor,
- haven,
- hearth,
- hedge in,
- hem in,
- holding company,
- home,
- homefolks,
- homestead,
- horoscope,
- horoscopy,
- house in,
- houseboat,
- household,
- hut,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- industry,
- installation,
- institution,
- issue,
- jail,
- joint-stock association,
- joint-stock company,
- kennel,
- kind,
- kindred,
- lake dwelling,
- lamasery,
- leaguer,
- legislative body,
- legislature,
- line,
- line of descent,
- lineage,
- little theater,
- living machine,
- lodge,
- lodgings,
- loft,
- magasin,
- mail-order house,
- male line,
- manor house,
- manse,
- mansion,
- market,
- mart,
- matriclan,
- menage,
- mew,
- mew up,
- monastery,
- mundane astrology,
- mundane house,
- music hall,
- nation,
- nativity,
- natural astrology,
- night spot,
- nightclub,
- nunnery,
- offspring,
- on the house,
- opera,
- opera house,
- operating company,
- orchestra,
- order,
- organization,
- outdoor theater,
- outfit,
- packaged house,
- parliament,
- parlor,
- parsonage,
- partnership,
- patriclan,
- pen,
- pen in,
- penthouse,
- people,
- phratry,
- phyle,
- phylum,
- pile,
- pit,
- planetary house,
- plant kingdom,
- playhouse,
- plunderbund,
- pocket,
- pool,
- post,
- prefab,
- prefabricated house,
- prefabrication,
- presidential palace,
- priorate,
- priory,
- public utility,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- quarantine,
- quarter,
- quarters,
- race,
- rail in,
- ranch house,
- rectory,
- residence,
- residency,
- retail store,
- roof,
- room,
- salon,
- saloon,
- seed,
- sept,
- shelter,
- shelter cabin,
- shield,
- shop,
- showboat,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- side,
- skyscraper,
- sod house,
- spear side,
- species,
- spectator,
- spindle side,
- split-level,
- sporting house,
- stable,
- stargazing,
- stateroom,
- stem,
- stirps,
- stock,
- stock company,
- store,
- strain,
- structure,
- studio,
- succession,
- supermarket,
- superstructure,
- surround,
- sweatshop,
- sword side,
- syndicate,
- take in,
- theater,
- theater-in-the-round,
- theatre,
- theatron,
- totem,
- tower,
- town house,
- trade association,
- trading post,
- tribe,
- trust,
- undertaking,
- utility,
- variety shop,
- variety store,
- vicarage,
- wall in,
- warehouse,
- wareroom,
- White House,
- wholesale house,
- work site,
- work space,
- workbench,
- workhouse,
- working space,
- workplace,
- workroom,
- workshop,
- worktable,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up,
- zodiac
House, NM -- U.S. village in New Mexico
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
House, NM -- U.S. village in New Mexico
Population (2000) :
72
Housing Units (2000) :
52
Land area (2000) :
0.920115 sq. miles (2.383088 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.920115 sq. miles (2.383088 sq. km)
FIPS code :
33710
Located within :
New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location :
34.648034 N, 103.903803 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
88121
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'House'
- Housed,
- Houses,
- Housing,
- houseful,
- housings,
- on the house,
- house-to-house,
- Banking house,
- Bath house,
- Boarding house,
- Burning house,
- Call of the house,
- Chapter house,
- Charnel house,
- Chocolate house,
- Clearing house,
- Corning house,
- Crimping house,
- Curing house,
- Dark house,
- Doss house,
- Dwelling house,
- Eating house,
- Father of the house,
- Flash house,
- Forcing house,
- Frame house,
- Frater house,
- Full house,
- Garden house,
- Goat house,
- God's house,
- Halfway House,
- Hickam Housing,
- House ant,
- House boat,
- House of Lancaster,
- House of Lords,
- House of Peers,
- House of bishops,
- House of bondage,
- House of call,
- House of correction,
- House of refuge,
- House, NM,
- Ice house,
- Inner house,
- Jobbing house,
- Joss house,
- Lazar house,
- Leaping house,
- Lodging house,
- Log house,
- Malt house,
- Manor house,
- Mansion house,
- Mask house,
- Masting house,
- Minster house,
- Muniment house,
- Night house,
- Panel house,
- Paper house,
- Pigeon house,
- Posting house,
- Printing house,
- Prison house,
- Public house,
- Rest house,
- Semidetached house,
- Senate house,
- Spinning house,
- Sponging house,
- Sporting house,
- Spring House,
- Station house,
- Steeple house,
- Sweating house,
- Tabling house,
- Tenement house,
- The White House,
- To break a house,
- To bring down the house,
- To keep house,
- Town house,
- Trinity House,
- Turf house,
- Weather house,
- Weighing house,
- White House,
- Working house,
- adobe house,
- apartment house,
- auction house,
- beach house,
- bee house,
- brokerage house,
- carriage house,
- church house,
- clean house,
- coach house,
- coal house,
- conference house,
- country house,
- crazy house,
- dagons house,
- death house,
- detached house,
- detention house,
- discount house,
- distributor housing,
- dog house,
- doll's house,
- duplex house,
- field house,
- frat house,
- fraternity house,
- free house,
- funny house,
- gambling house,
- gaming house,
- glebe house,
- guest house,
- hash house,
- house agent,
- house arrest,
- house cat,
- house centipede,
- house decorator,
- house detective,
- house dick,
- house finch,
- house fly,
- house guest,
- house husband,
- house martin,
- house mouse,
- house of God,
- house of burgesses,
- house of cards,
- house of commons,
- house of detention,
- house of hanover,
- house of islam,
- house of prayer,
- house of prostitution,
- house of representatives,
- house of tudor,
- house of war,
- house of windsor,
- house of worship,
- house of york,
- house organ,
- house paint,
- house painter,
- house painting,
- house party,
- house physician,
- house servant,
- house sitter,
- house snake,
- house sparrow,
- house trailer,
- house wren,
- houses of parliament,
- housing commissioner,
- housing development,
- housing estate,
- housing industry,
- housing project,
- housing start,
- in the adjacent house,
- jook house,
- juke house,
- keep house,
- lady of the house,
- lamp house,
- lamp housing,
- lower house,
- meat house,
- meeting house,
- movie house,
- nut house,
- oast house,
- open house,
- opera house,
- packing house,
- planetary house,
- post house,
- public housing,
- publishing house,
- pump house,
- ranch house,
- rooming house,
- row house,
- royal house,
- safe house,
- settlement house,
- sod house,
- solar house,
- stash house,
- summer house,
- tap house,
- terraced house,
- third house,
- tract house,
- tract housing,
- treasure house,
- treasure houses,
- tree house,
- u.s. house,
- upper house,
- us house,
- wendy house,
- wholesale house,
- woman of the house,
- Barbers Point Housing,
- Charlotte Court House,
- Chesterfield Court House,
- Committee of the whole house,
- Dover Base Housing,
- Free public house,
- Halfway House, PA,
- Hickam Housing, HI,
- Lombar-house,
- Lombard-house,
- Marshal of the King's house,
- Moot-house,
- Spring House, PA,
- Sugar-house,
- Tippling-house,
- Tiring-house,
- To keep open house,
- Treasure-house,
- Trugging-house,
- Weigh-house,
- Weigh-houses,
- Welcome-to-our-house,
- White House Station,
- White House, TN,
- biting house fly,
- british house of commons,
- british house of lords,
- building supply house,
- card-house,
- deck-house,
- european house cricket,
- federal housing administration,
- fish house punch,
- house of ill repute,
- house-builder,
- house-keep,
- house-proud,
- house-raising,
- house-train,
- house-trained,
- housing and urban development,
- jack of the clock house,
- mail order house,
- monmouth court house,
- parker house roll,
- purple chinese houses,
- rough-house,
- toll house cookie,
- u.s. house of representatives,
- us house of representatives,
- Barbers Point Housing, HI,
- Cape May Court House,
- Charlotte Court House, VA,
- Chesterfield Court House, VA,
- Dover Base Housing, DE,
- White House Station, NJ,
- battle of monmouth court house,
- department of housing and urban development,
- secretary of housing and urban development,
- semi-detached house,
- united states house of representatives,
- Cape May Court House, NJ