house : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses
  adobe house; soddy.
  

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• noun a building that is divided into apartments
  apartment building.
  

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• noun a firm that conducts auctions
  

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• an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.

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• an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.

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• a house used for the purpose of bathing; also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.

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• noun a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
  Battle of Monmouth; Battle of Monmouth Court House.
  

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• noun a house built on or near a beach
  

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• noun a shed containing a number of beehives
  apiary.
  

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• noun a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests
  boardinghouse.
  

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• a house in which boarders are kept.

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• noun the lower house of the British parliament
  British House of Commons.
  

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• noun the upper house of the British parliament
  British House of Lords.
  

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• noun place where a broker conducts his business
  brokerage.
  

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• noun a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures
  building supply store.
  

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• (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. Weale.

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• (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the ayes and noes from the persons named.

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• noun an unstable construction with playing cards
  cardhouse; cardcastle; card-house.
  
  • he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed

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• noun a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
  carriage house; remise.
  

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• a house or room where a chapter meets, esp. a cathedral chapter.

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• noun a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
  charnel.
  

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• a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.

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• a house in which customers may be served with chocolate.

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• verb clean and tidy up the house
  houseclean; clean.
  
  • She housecleans every week

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• noun a central collection place where banks exchange checks or drafts; participants maintain an account against which credits or debits are posted
  

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• the establishment where the business of clearing is carried on. See above, 3.

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• noun a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
  carriage house; remise.
  

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• noun a shed for storing coal
  

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• noun a center where conferences can be conducted
  conference center.
  

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• a house or place where powder is corned or granulated.

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• noun a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country
  

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• noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
  crazy house; cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; booby hatch; madhouse; nuthouse; funny farm; sanatorium; funny house.
  

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• a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers.

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• a building in which anything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar is drained and dried.

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• a house or room in which madmen were confined. Obs. Shak.

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• noun the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution
  death row.
  

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• noun a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship
  

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• noun the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965
  Department of Housing and Urban Development; HUD.
  

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• noun a house that stands alone
  single dwelling.
  

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• noun an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court)
  detention home; detention house; detention camp.
  

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• noun a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price
  discount store; discounter; discount house.
  

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• noun the housing that supports the distributor cam
  

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• noun outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
  kennel; doghouse.
  

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• noun a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything
  dollhouse.
  
• noun a small model of a house used as a toy by children
  dollhouse.
  

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• noun a house with two units sharing a common wall
  duplex; duplex house.
  

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• noun housing that someone is living in
  abode; dwelling; domicile; habitation; home.
  
  • he built a modest dwelling near the pond
  • they raise money to provide homes for the homeless

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• a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building.

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• noun a building where people go to eat
  eating place; eatery; restaurant.
  

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• a house where cooked provisions are sold, to be eaten on the premises.

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• noun lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America
  Acheta domestica.
  

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• the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service.

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• noun the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages
  FHA.
  

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• noun a building for indoor sports
  sports arena.
  
• noun an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport
  

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• noun a punch made of rum and brandy and water or tea sweetened with sugar syrup
  

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• a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. "A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties at a flash house." Macaulay.

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• a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees, etc.

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• a building of which the form and support is made of framed timbers. U.S.

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• noun a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity
  frat house; chapterhouse.
  

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• an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; called also a fratery.

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• noun a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity
  frat house; chapterhouse.
  

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• noun a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale
  

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• in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. Simmonds.

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• noun a poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair
  

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• noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
  crazy house; cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; booby hatch; madhouse; nuthouse; funny farm; sanatorium; funny house.
  

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• noun a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
  gambling hell; gambling den; gambling house.
  

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• noun a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
  gambling hell; gambling den; gambling house.
  

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• (a) A summer house. Beau & Fl. (b) A privy. Southern U.S.

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• noun a parsonage (especially one provided for the holder of a benefice)
  

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• . (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. Obs.

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• . (a) An almshouse. Obs. (b) A church.

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• an inn or place of call midway on a journey.

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• noun an inexpensive restaurant
  

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• noun a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land
  land agent; real estate agent; estate agent; real estate broker.
  
  • in England they call a real estate agent a land agent

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• (Zoöl.), a very small, yellowish brown ant (Myrmica molesta), which often infests houses, and sometimes becomes a great pest.

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• noun confinement to your own home
  

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• a covered boat used as a dwelling.

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• (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides and a roof; a box car.

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• noun any domesticated member of the genus Felis
  Felis domesticus; Felis catus; domestic cat.
  

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• noun long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars
  Scutigera coleoptrata.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a European cricket (Gryllus domesticus), which frequently lives in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the loud chirping or stridulation of the males.

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• noun a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
  interior decorator; designer; interior designer; room decorator; decorator.
  

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• noun a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
  house detective; hotel detective.
  

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• noun a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
  house detective; hotel detective.
  

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• a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.

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• noun small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
  linnet; Carpodacus mexicanus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the burion.

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• a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs.

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• noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
  Musca domestica; housefly.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a common fly (esp. Musca domestica), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.

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• noun a guest entertained in your house
  houseguest.
  

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• noun a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income
  househusband.
  

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• noun common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses
  Delichon urbica.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a common European swallow (Hirundo urbica). It has feathered feet, and builds its nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also house swallow, and window martin.

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• noun brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide
  Mus musculus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common mouse (Mus musculus).

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• (Prot. Epis. Ch.), one of the two bodies composing a general convertion, the other being House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.

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• noun the lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia
  

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• a place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assemble when out of work, ready for the call of employers. Eng. Simonds.

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• noun a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
  bubble.
  
  • his proposal was nothing but a house of cards
  • a real estate bubble
• noun an unstable construction with playing cards
  cardhouse; cardcastle; card-house.
  
  • he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed

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• noun the lower house of the British parliament
  British House of Commons.
  

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• noun (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences
  

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• . See Correction.

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• noun an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court)
  detention home; detention house; detention camp.
  

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• noun any building where congregations gather for prayer
  place of worship; house of prayer; house of God.
  

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• a temple or church.

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• noun the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
  Hanover; Hanoverian line.
  

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• . See Ill fame under Ill, a.

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• noun a building where prostitutes are available
  cathouse; bordello; bagnio; whorehouse; house of prostitution; brothel; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
  

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• noun areas where Muslims are in the majority
  Dar al-Islam.
  

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• noun the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
  Lancaster; Lancastrian line.
  

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• noun the upper house of the British parliament
  British House of Lords.
  

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• noun any building where congregations gather for prayer
  place of worship; house of prayer; house of God.
  

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• noun a building where prostitutes are available
  cathouse; bordello; bagnio; whorehouse; house of prostitution; brothel; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
  

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• noun the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
  House of Representatives; US House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; U.S. House.
  

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• noun an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)
  Tudor.
  

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• noun areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted
  Dar al-harb.
  

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• noun the British royal family since 1917
  Windsor.
  

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• noun any building where congregations gather for prayer
  place of worship; house of prayer; house of God.
  

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• noun the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
  York.
  

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• noun a periodical published by a business firm for its employees and customers
  

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• noun paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house
  housepaint.
  

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• noun a painter of houses a similar buildings
  

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• noun the occupation of a house painter
  painting.
  
  • house painting was the only craft he knew

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• noun a party lasting over one or more nights at a large house
  

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• noun a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
  resident; resident physician.
  
  • the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital

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• the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution.

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• noun a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
  domestic; domestic help.
  

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• noun a custodian who lives in and cares for a house while the regular occupant is away (usually without an exchange of money)
  

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• noun nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
  milk adder; checkered adder; milk snake; Lampropeltis triangulum.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the milk snake.

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• noun small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
  Passer domesticus; English sparrow.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common European sparrow (Passer domesticus). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also thatch sparrow.

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• (Zoöl.), any spider which habitually lives in houses. Among the most common species are Theridium tepidariorum and Tegenaria domestica.

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• the resident surgeon of a hospital.

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• noun a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy
  trailer.
  

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• noun common American wren that nests around houses
  Troglodytes aedon.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common wren of the Eastern United States (Troglodytes aëdon). It is common about houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and loud musical notes. See Wren.

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• noun someone who builds houses as a business
  homebuilder; housebuilder; home-builder.
  

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• adjective satellite proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep
  

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• noun construction by a group of neighbors
  

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• adjective satellite omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next
  door-to-door.
  
  • a door-to-door campaign
  • house-to-house coverage

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• verb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
  house-train; housebreak.
  

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• verb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
  house-train; housebreak.
  
• adjective satellite (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place
  housebroken.
  
  • housebroken pets
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• noun the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet
  

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• noun the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965
  Department of Housing and Urban Development; HUD.
  

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• noun a commissioner in charge of public housing
  

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• noun a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management
  
  • they live in the new housing development

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• noun a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
  

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• noun an industry that builds housing
  construction industry.
  

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• noun a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families
  housing project.
  

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• noun the act of starting to construct a house
  

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• a close-covered pit or building for storing ice.

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• adverb at or in or to the adjacent residence
  in the adjacent apartment; next door.
  
  • the criminal had been living next door all this time

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• (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also,the place of their sittings.

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• a mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. U.S.

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• noun a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
  jook house; juke joint; jook; jook joint; juke.
  

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• noun a Chinese temple or shrine for idol worship
  

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• a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship.

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• noun a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
  jook house; juke joint; jook; jook joint; juke.
  

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• formerly, in England, the marshal of the king's house, who was authorized to hear and determine all pleas of the Crown, to punish faults committed within the verge, etc. His court was called the Court of Marshalsea.

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• noun a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
  lady of the house; homemaker; housewife.
  

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• noun housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector)
  lamp house; lamphouse.
  

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• noun housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector)
  lamp house; lamphouse.
  

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• noun hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
  lazaretto; lazarette; lazaret; pesthouse.
  

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• a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.

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• a brothel. Obs. Shak.

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• noun a house where rooms are rented
  lodging house.
  

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• a house where lodgings are provided and let.

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• a cabin or house made of logs.

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Lom"bard-house, Lom"bar-house` (Also<

• Lombard-house
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1. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
2. A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piété.

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• a house in which malt is made.

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• noun the mansion of a lord or wealthy person
  manor.
  

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• the house belonging to a manor.

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• noun a large and imposing house
  mansion; residence; manse; hall.
  

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• the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.

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• a house for masquerades. Obs.

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• (Naut.), a large building, with suitable mechanism overhanging the water, used for stepping and unstepping the masts of vessels.

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• noun a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish
  smokehouse.
  
• noun a small house (on a farm) where meat is stored
  

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• noun columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers
  honeysuckle; Aquilegia canadensis.
  

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• the official house in which the canons of a cathedral live in common or in rotation.

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• noun a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
  Battle of Monmouth; Battle of Monmouth Court House.
  

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• noun a theater where films are shown
  picture palace; movie theater; movie theatre; cinema.
  

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• that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds

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• a public house, or inn, which is open at night.

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• noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
  crazy house; cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; booby hatch; madhouse; nuthouse; funny farm; sanatorium; funny house.
  

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• noun a building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof
  

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• noun an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers
  

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• noun a building where musical dramas are performed
  opera.
  

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• specifically, a theater devoted to the performance of operas.

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• (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots.

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• a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates.

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• an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. Cant

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• noun yeast-raised dinner roll made by folding a disk of dough before baking
  

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• a dovecote.

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• noun (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
  house; star sign; sign of the zodiac; sign; mansion.
  

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• noun an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders
  posthouse.
  

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• a post house.

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• a printing office.

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• noun a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
  prison.
  
• noun a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
  prison.
  

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• a prison. Shak.

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• noun tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
  taphouse; pub; pothouse; saloon; gin mill.
  

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• an inn, or house of entertainment.

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• noun a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families
  housing project.
  

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• noun a firm in the publishing business
  publisher; publishing company; publishing firm.
  

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• noun a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated
  pumping station.
  

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• noun white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California
  Collinsia bicolor; innocense; Collinsia heterophylla.
  

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• noun a one story house with a low pitched roof
  

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• a monastery or convent.

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• noun a building used for shelter by travelers (especially in areas where there are no hotels)
  

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• an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a caravansary. India

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• noun a house where rooms are rented
  lodging house.
  

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• verb treat in a rough or boisterous manner
  

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• noun a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls
  row house.
  

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• noun royal persons collectively
  royal family; royal line; royalty.
  
  • the wedding was attended by royalty

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• noun a house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations
  

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• noun the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
  • the first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was Robert C. Weaver who was appointed by Johnson
• noun the position of the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
  • the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was created in 1966

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• noun a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side
  

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• noun a house with two units sharing a common wall
  duplex; duplex house.
  

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• one of two tenements under a single roof, but separated by a party wall. Eng.

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• a house where a senate meets when it transacts business.

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• noun a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services
  

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• noun a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses
  adobe house; soddy.
  

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• noun a house designed to use solar radiation for heating; usually has large areas of glass in front of heat-absorbing materials
  

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• formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning.

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• (Eng. Law), a bailiff's or other house in which debtors are put before being taken to jail, or until they compromise with their creditors. At these houses extortionate charges are commonly made for food, lodging, etc.

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• noun a building where prostitutes are available
  cathouse; bordello; bagnio; whorehouse; house of prostitution; brothel; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
  

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• a house frequented by sportsmen, gamblers, and the like.

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• noun a house where weapons and supplies are hidden
  
  • attacks on stash houses is the most frequently used method of counterterrorism

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• noun a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought
  police headquarters; police station.
  

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• . (a) The house serving for the headquarters of the police assigned to a certain district, and as a place of temporary confinement . (b) The house used as a shelter at a railway station.

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• a church. Obs. Jer. Taylor.

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Sug"ar-house` noun

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1. A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.

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• noun a country house (usually located in the country) that provides a cool place to live in the summer
  

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• a house for sweating persons in sickness.

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• a gambling house. Obs. Northbrooke.

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• noun a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
  tavern.
  

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• noun a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
  tenement.
  

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• commonly, a dwelling house erected for the purpose of being rented, and divided into separate apartments or tenements for families. The term is often applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.

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• noun a house that is part of a terrace
  

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• the official residence of the President of the United States; hence, colloquially, the office of President. also, a parliament building in Moscow

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• noun a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
  pressure group; lobby.
  

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Tip"pling-house` noun

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1. A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.

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Tir"ing-house` noun

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1. A tiring-room. Obs. Shak.

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• (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it.

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• to cause tremendous applause. Colloq.

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• to maintain an independent domestic establishment.
• . (a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to manage domestic affairs . (b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.

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• to entertain friends at all times.
• to be hospitable.

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• noun cookies containing chocolate chips
  chocolate chip cookie.
  

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• noun a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls
  row house.
  

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• . (a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the country. (b) See Townhouse.

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• noun one of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land
  

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• noun housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land
  

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• noun a storehouse for treasures
  

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Treas"ure-house` noun

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1. A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.

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• noun a playhouse built in the branches of a tree
  

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Trug"ging-house` noun

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1. A brothel. Obs. Robert Greene.

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• a house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts of Europe.

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• noun the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
  House of Representatives; US House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; U.S. House.
  

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• noun the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
  House of Representatives; US House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; U.S. House.
  

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• noun the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
  House of Representatives; US House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; U.S. House.
  

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• noun the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
  House of Representatives; US House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; U.S. House.
  

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• noun the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
  House of Representatives; US House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; U.S. House.
  

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• a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.

  Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather house, that useful toy! Cowper.

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• . See Weigh-house.

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• (Bot.), a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias).

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• noun plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of
  playhouse.
  

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• noun the chief executive department of the United States government
  EXEC.
  
• noun the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States
  

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• noun a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price
  discount store; discounter; discount house.
  

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• noun a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
  lady of the house; homemaker; housewife.
  

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• a house where work is performed; a workhouse.

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