house
/haʊ̯s/ noun A1- A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. · This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
- An apartment building within a public housing estate.
- 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.
- The people who live in a house; a household.
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). · The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.· On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.
- A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. · A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.
Plural houses
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“Now the mischief is out; depend upon it the custom-house people went rummaging about the ship in our absence, and discovered poor Dantès’ hidden treasures.”
Franz, who had mutely interrogated the countess, and received from her a gracious smile in token that he would be welcome, sought not to retard the gratification of Albert’s eager impatience, but began at once the tour of the house, closely followed by Albert, who availed himself of the few minutes required to reach the opposite side of the theatre to settle the height and smoothness of his collar, and to arrange the lappets of his coat.
They talked of his sister, his friends, his house, his fruit, of everything but himself; yet Elizabeth was longing to know what Mrs.
The apartment destined for the purpose was spacious and lighted by a number of windows, over each of which was written in golden letters for some inexplicable reason the name of one of the principal cities of France; beneath these windows a wooden balcony extended the entire length of the house.
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