house

Pronunciation

noun

• IPA: /haʊs/
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verb

• IPA: /haʊz/
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Noun

Singular house

Plural houses

Houses

1. (countable) A house is a building that one family lives in.

Verb

Plain form house

Third-person singular houses

Past tense housed

Past participle housed

Present participle housing

1. (transitive) If you house someone or something, you give them a home.

   The building houses a research centre and a school.

   During the storm they were housed in the local school's gym.

Related words

• housing