house
/haʊs/
Also a verb
Meaning
A building designed for human habitation, typically occupied by one family or household.
They bought a small brick house near the edge of town.
A legislative body or deliberative assembly, or the hall where it meets.
The measure passed both the lower house and the senate.
The audience in a theater or other entertainment venue.
The band played to a packed house every night of the tour.
Collocations
- brick house
- buy a house
- house key
- house price
- packed house
- open house
Idioms
on the house
provided free of charge by a venue
The bartender told us our second round of drinks was on the house.
clean house
eliminate corruption, inefficiency, or unwanted staff
The incoming director plans to clean house before launching new initiatives.