House

Where families live

A house is a building for people to live in, typically designed for one family.

House extends to other structures that shelter or contain: a henhouse, a firehouse, a house of worship.

In business, a house is an establishment: a publishing house, a fashion house.

To house something is to provide shelter or storage for it.

The House often refers to a legislative body.

In music, house is a genre of electronic dance music.

Is anyone home at your house?

The theater was packed—full house.

dwelling

home

One's personal residence

walls · rooms · address · doorstep · hearth · shelter · domicile · living space · property · homestead

architecture

floor plan

Architectural room arrangement

structure · framing · roofing · siding · facade · layout · square footage · addition · renovation · Victorian

business

firm

Solid or resolute

couture · brand · establishment · trading · auction · Christie · brokerage · banking · merchant · label

family

lineage

Descent from progenitors

clan · heritage · noble · royal · surname · crest · heir · succession · genealogy · descendants

legislative

parliament

National legislative assembly

commons · lords · senate · speaker · floor · session · bill · vote · majority · minority

music

Chicago

Major Illinois metropolis

  • DetroitMichigan automotive hub
  • technoElectronic dance genre
  • DJMusic mixer performer

club · beat · four-on-the-floor · remix · synthesizer · dance · rave · EDM · disco · mixing

astrology

zodiac

Celestial belt of signs

cusp · planets · rising · natal · placement · sign · division · sector · rulership · transits

theater

audience

Gathered viewers collectively

attendance · crowd · standing room · capacity · sold out · matinee · evening · applause · curtain call · patrons

Categories
Opposites
dwelling type

Houseapartment

Rented unit in building

flat · condo · condominium · high-rise · tenement

shelter vs. exposure

Houseoutdoors

In open air

street · streets · outside · homelessness · open air

LEGISLATIVE BODY (as in House of Representatives)

HouseSenate

Legislative body, often bicameral's elder

upper house · upper chamber · House of Lords

Phrases
Family

houses, housed, housing, housekeeper, housekeeping, household, households, housewife, housewives

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G