Meaning of house In English

• 0 a building that people, usually one family, live in:

  • a detached/semi-detached house

  • to buy/rent a house

  • house prices

  • She lives in a little house in ( US on) Cross Street.

  • Try not to wake the whole house when you come in!

  • the monkey/lion house at the zoo

  • a hen house

• 1 a building or part of a building that is used for a special purpose:

  • the Sydney Opera House

  • Broadcasting House

• 2 a company that is involved in a particular area of business:

  • a publishing house

  • a fashion house

  • UK a curry house (= a South Asian restaurant)

• 3 popular dance music with a fast regular beat, usually produced on electronic equipment:

  • House music first appeared in the late 1980s.

• 4 any of a small number of groups that the children in a school are put in for sports and other competitions:

  • an inter-house hockey match

• 5 an important family, especially a royal one:

  • The British Royal Family belong to the House of Windsor.

• 6 an organization that makes laws, or its meeting place

  • The House began debating the proposal at 3 p.m.

  • The motion for tonight's debate is, "This house believes that capital punishment should be abolished."

• 7 the people watching a performance, especially in a theatre:

  • The opera played to a full/packed house.

• 8 to give a person or animal a place to live, or to provide space for something:

  • It will be difficult to house all the refugees.

  • The museum houses the biggest collection of antique toys in Europe.

• 9 a building in which people, usually one family, live:

  • to buy/rent a house

  • a brick/clapboard house

  • my/your/grandma’s house

  • a dog house

  • Try not to wake the whole house when you come in!

• 10 a business or organization:

  • a publishing/fashion house

  • the Metropolitan Opera House

• 11 an organization that makes laws, or its meeting place

• 12 the seats in a theater, or the people watching a performance:

  • The opera played to a full/empty house.

• 13 to give a person a place to live:

  • Homeless families have been housed in motels.

  • The building houses the library (= gives it space).

• 14 a company that is involved in a particular type of business:

  • a fashion/banking/publishing house

• 15 used in the names of office or company buildings:

  • The conference proceeded at the Cannon House Office Building.

• 16 a restaurant or café:

  • a coffee/tea house

• 17 used to describe work that is done by a company's paid employees:

  • He'll keep the work in house, and get it done more cost-effectively than by using a sub-contractor.

• 18 used to describe something, usually a meal or a drink, that is free:

  • The manager sent over a tray of drinks on the house.