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| Shopping | The largest selection of HOUSE products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: Household Products, beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | hhaw's |
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| Rhymes | alehouse, blouse, boardinghouse, and 49 more rhymes in aws... |
| Meaning | A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families. |
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| Examples | "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
| Parts | library; loft, attic, garret; porch; study |
| Broader | building, edifice; dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house |
| Narrower | beach house; boarding house, boardinghouse; bungalow, cottage; cabin; chalet; chapterhouse, fraternity house, frat house; country house; detached house, single dwelling; dollhouse, doll's house; duplex house, duplex, semidetached house; farmhouse; gatehouse; guesthouse; hacienda; lodge, hunting lodge; lodging house, rooming house; maisonette, maisonnette; mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence; ranch house; residence; row house, town house; safe house; saltbox; sod house, soddy, adobe house; solar house; stash house; tract house; villa |
| Verbs | house |
| Meaning | An official assembly having legislative powers. |
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| Examples | "a bicameral legislature has two houses" |
| Broader | legislature, legislative assembly, legislative, general assembly, law-makers |
| Narrower | United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, US House of Representatives, House of Representatives, U.S. House, US House; House of Burgesses; House of Commons, British House of Commons; House of Lords, British House of Lords; Dail Eireann, Dail; Seanad Eireann, Seanad |
| Meaning | A building in which something is sheltered or located. |
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| Examples | "they had a large carriage house" |
| Broader | building, edifice |
| Narrower | bathhouse, bagnio; boathouse; courthouse; field house, sports arena; icehouse; meat house; oast house; pump house, pumping station; smokehouse, meat house |
| Verbs | house |
| Meaning | A social unit living together. |
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| Examples | "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep" |
| Synonyms | family, household, home, menage |
| Broader | unit, social unit |
| Narrower | broken home; nuclear family, conjugal family; extended family; foster family; foster home; menage a trois |
| Meaning | A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented. |
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| Examples | "the house was full" |
| Synonyms | theater, theatre |
| Parts | box office, ticket office, ticket booth; circle, dress circle; dressing room; greenroom; orchestra; orchestra pit, pit; parquet; parquet circle, parterre; stage; standing room; theater stage, theatre stage; tiered seat |
| Category | dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
| Broader | building, edifice |
| Narrower | arena theater, theater in the round; cinema, movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace; dinner theater, dinner theatre; home theater, home theatre; little theater, little theatre; music hall, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre; opera, opera house |
| Meaning | The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments. |
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| Examples | "he worked for a brokerage house" |
| Synonyms | firm, business firm |
| Broader | business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation |
| Narrower | corporation, corp; accounting firm; consulting firm, consulting company; publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company; dealer; law firm; auction house |
| Meaning | Aristocratic family line. |
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| Examples | "the House of York" |
| Broader | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry |
| Narrower | royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house; Medici |
| Meaning | The members of a religious community living together. |
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| Broader | community |
| Meaning | The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema. |
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| Examples | "the house applauded"; "he counted the house" |
| Parts | claque |
| Broader | audience |
| Meaning | Play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults. |
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| Examples | "the children were playing house" |
| Broader | play, child's play |
| Meaning | (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided. |
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| Synonyms | sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, planetary house |
| Part of | zodiac |
| Category | astrology, star divination |
| Broader | region, part |
| Instances | Aries, Aries the Ram, Ram; Taurus, Taurus the Bull, Bull; Gemini, Gemini the Twins, Twins; Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab; Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion; Virgo, Virgo the Virgin, Virgin; Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales; Scorpio, Scorpio the Scorpion, Scorpion; Sagittarius, Sagittarius the Archer, Archer; Capricorn, Capricorn the Goat, Goat; Aquarius, Aquarius the Water Bearer, Water Bearer; Pisces, Pisces the Fishes, Fish |
| Meaning | The management of a gambling house or casino. |
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| Examples | "the house gets a percentage of every bet" |
| Broader | management |
| Meaning | Contain or cover. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "This box houses the gears" |
| Broader | accommodate, hold, admit |
| Nouns | housing |
| Meaning | Provide housing for. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" |
| Synonyms | put up, domiciliate |
| Broader | shelter |
| Narrower | rehouse; home; lodge, accommodate; chamber; take in |
| Nouns | housing; house; house |
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