House vs. Home

Housenoun

A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

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The people who live in a house; a household.

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A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).

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A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.

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A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.

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The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.

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(politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.

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A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.

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(metaphorical) a place of rest or repose.

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A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.

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An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.

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(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.

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(cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.

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A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.

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(curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.

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Lotto; bingo.

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(uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.

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A small stand of trees in a swamp.

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(music genre) House music.

Houseverb

(transitive) To keep within a structure or container.

Houseverb

(transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.

Houseverb

To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.

Houseverb

To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.

Houseverb

(transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.

Houseverb

(obsolete) To drive to a shelter.

Houseverb

(obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.

Houseverb

(nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.

Housenoun

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.

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Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.

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Those who dwell in the same house; a household.

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A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel.

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One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.

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A firm, or commercial establishment.

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A public house; an inn; a hotel.

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A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.

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A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.

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An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.

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The body, as the habitation of the soul.

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The grave.

Houseverb

To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle.

Houseverb

To drive to a shelter.

Houseverb

To admit to residence; to harbor.

Houseverb

To deposit and cover, as in the grave.

Houseverb

To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.

Houseverb

To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.

Houseverb

To have a position in one of the houses. See House, n., 8.

Housenoun

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families;

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an official assembly having legislative powers;

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a building in which something is sheltered or located;

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a social unit living together;

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a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented;

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members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments;

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aristocratic family line;

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the members of a religious community living together

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the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema;

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play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults;

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(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

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the management of a gambling house or casino;

Houseverb

contain or cover;

Houseverb

provide housing for;

Housenoun

a building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys

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the people living in a house; a household

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a noble, royal, or wealthy family or lineage; a dynasty

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a dwelling that is one of several in a building.

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a building in which animals live or in which things are kept

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a building in which people meet for a particular activity

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a firm or institution

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the Stock Exchange.

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a restaurant or inn

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a brothel.

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a theatre

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a performance in a theatre or cinema

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a religious community that occupies a particular building

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a residential building for pupils at a boarding school

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each of a number of groups into which pupils at a day school are divided for games or competition.

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a college of a university.

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a legislative or deliberative assembly

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(in the UK) the House of Commons or Lords; (in the US) the House of Representatives

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used in formal debates that mimic the procedures of a legislative assembly

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a style of electronic dance music typically having sparse, repetitive vocals and a fast beat

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a twelfth division of the celestial sphere, based on the positions of the ascendant and midheaven at a given time and place, and determined by any of a number of methods.

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a twelfth division of the celestial sphere represented as a sector on an astrological chart, used in allocating elements of character and circumstance to different spheres of human life.

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old-fashioned term for bingo

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used by a bingo player to announce that they have won.

Houseadjective

(of an animal or plant) kept in, frequenting, or infesting buildings.

Houseadjective

relating to a firm, institution, or society

Houseadjective

(of a band or group) resident or regularly performing in a club or other venue

Houseverb

provide with shelter or accommodation

Houseverb

provide space for; contain or accommodate

Houseverb

fix (something) in a socket or mortise.

House

A house is a single-unit residential building, which may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space.

Homenoun

(heading) A dwelling.

Homenoun

One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace.

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The place where a person was raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.

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The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

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A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.

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A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.

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(by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

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One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.

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The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.

Homenoun

(heading) A focus point.

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(board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.

Homenoun

(baseball) Home plate.

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(lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.

Homenoun

(Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.

Homenoun

clipping of home directory

Homeverb

To seek or aim for something.

Homeadjective

Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

Homeadjective

Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

Homeadverb

to home

Homeadverb

to one's place of residence or one's customary or official location

Homeadverb

to one's place of birth

Homeadverb

to the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length

Homeadverb

(internet) to the home page

Homeadverb

in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home

Homeadverb

; closely; to the center; deep

Homeadverb

into the goal

Homeadverb

(nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position

Homenoun

See Homelyn.

Homenoun

One's own dwelling place; the house in which one lives; esp., the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace.

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One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.

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The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

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The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine.

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A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

Homenoun

The home base; as, he started for home.

Homeadjective

Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

Homeadjective

Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

Homeadjective

In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal

Homeadverb

To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.

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Close; closely.

Homeadverb

To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length; as, to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home.

Homeverb

To return home.

Homeverb

To proceed toward an object or location intended as a target; - of missiles which can change course in flight under internal or external control; usually used with in on; as, the missile homed in on the radar site.

Homeverb

To arrive at or get closer to an object sought or an intended goal; used with in on; as, the repairman quickly homed in on the cause of the malfunction.

Homenoun

where you live at a particular time;

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housing that someone is living in;

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the country or state or city where you live;

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an environment offering affection and security;

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an institution where people are cared for;

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the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

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a social unit living together;

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(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score;

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place where something began and flourished;

Homeverb

provide with, or send to, a home

Homeverb

return home accurately from a long distance;

Homeadjective

used of your own ground;

Homeadjective

relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are;

Homeadjective

inside the country;

Homeadverb

at or to or in the direction of one's home or family;

Homeadverb

on or to the point aimed at;

Homeadverb

to the fullest extent; to the heart;

Homenoun

the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household

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the family or social unit occupying a permanent residence

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a house or flat considered as a commercial property

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the district or country where one was born or has settled on a long-term basis

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a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates

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a place where an object is kept.

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an institution for people needing professional care or supervision

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the finishing point in a race

Homenoun

(in games) the place where a player is free from attack.

Homenoun

(in lacrosse) each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents' goal.

Homenoun

short for home plate

Homenoun

a match played or won by a team on their own ground.

Homeadjective

relating to the place where one lives

Homeadjective

made, done, or intended for use in the home

Homeadjective

relating to one's own country

Homeadjective

(of a sports fixture) played at the team's own ground

Homeadjective

relating to or denoting a sports team that is playing at its own ground

Homeadjective

denoting the administrative centre of an organization

Homeadverb

to or at the place where one lives

Homeadverb

to the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult

Homeadverb

to the intended or correct position

Homeverb

(of an animal) return by instinct to its territory after leaving it

Homeverb

(of a pigeon bred for long-distance racing) fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point

Homeverb

move or be aimed towards (a target or destination) with great accuracy

Homeverb

focus attention on

Homeverb

provide (an animal) with a home as a pet

Home

A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for an individual, group or family. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it.