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house

/hʌʊs/
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noun

A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
    The people who live in a house; a household.
      A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
      On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.
        The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
          A theatre.
          After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
            A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
            The petition was so ridiculous that the house rejected it after minimal debate.
              A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
              A curse lay upon the House of Atreus.
                A place of rest or repose.
                  A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
                  I was a member of Spenser house when I was at school.
                    An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
                      One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
                        The fourth Lenormand card.
                          A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
                            The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
                              Lotto; bingo.
                                A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
                                As the babysitter, Emma always acted as the mother whenever the kids demanded to play house.
                                  A small stand of trees in a swamp.
                                    (sudoku) A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku.