house (EN)

noun, noun, verb

noun “house”

1. a building where people live; a home
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   They moved into a new house with a beautiful garden.
2. (combined with a descriptive word) a building used for a particular purpose
   We went to the opera house to see a famous performance.
3. (business) a company or organization, especially in publishing or fashion
   She works for a well-known publishing house in New York.
4. the audience in a theater or other performance venue
   The singer thanked the house for their applause.
5. (politics) a legislative assembly or its building
   The debate continued late into the night at the House of Congress.
6. a royal or noble family; a dynasty
   The House of Windsor has many traditions.
7. a group of students in a school for competitions
   At school, I belonged to the Blue House, which often won the sports competitions.
8. a children's game where children pretend to be a family
   The kids spent the afternoon playing house with their friends.
9. the shell of an animal such as a snail; an animal's shelter or den
   The hermit crab found a new house to live in.
10. (astrology) one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart
    According to her horoscope, Jupiter is in her seventh house.
11. (in curling) the target circles on the ice where points are scored
    He aimed his stone carefully toward the center of the house.

noun “house”

1. (music) a style of electronic dance music with a steady beat
   They played house music all night at the party.

verb “house”

1. to provide someone with a place to live
   The city built new apartments to house the homeless.
2. to be the place where something is kept or located
   The museum houses an impressive collection of medieval art.
3. to contain or protect something
   The computer case houses all the components.