16. house Astrol. one of the 12 divisions of the celestial sphere, numbered counterclockwise from the point of the E horizon.
17. (v.t.)house to put or receive into a house, dwelling, or shelter; lodge or harbor: to house students in a dormitory; to house flood victims in a church.
18. house to provide with a place, as to work or study: This floor houses our executive staff.
19. house to be a receptacle or repository for; hold; contain: This casing houses the batteries.
22. house suitable for or customarily used or kept in a house: house paint; house pets.
23. house (of a product) made by or for a specificretailer and often sold under the store's own label.
24. house served by a restaurant as its customary brand: the house wine.
Definition of 'House'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)house a dwelling that serves as livingquarters for one or more families "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
2. (noun)firm, house, business firm the members of a businessorganization that owns or operates one or more establishments "he worked for a brokerage house"
4. (noun)house the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"
5. (noun)house an officialassembly having legislative powers "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
6. (noun)house aristocratic familyline "the House of York"
7. (noun)house play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults "the children were playing house"
8. (noun)sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
10. (noun)family, household, house, home, menage a socialunitliving together "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
11. (noun)theater, theatre, house a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented "the house was full"
12. (verb)house a building in which something is sheltered or located "they had a large carriage house"
13. (verb)house contain or cover "This box houses the gears"
14. (verb)house, put up, domiciliate provide housing for "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
3. (noun)House those who dwell in the same house; a household
4. (noun)House a family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noblefamily or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel
5. (noun)House 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
8. (noun)House a twelfthpart 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 reverseorder every twenty-fourhours
9. (noun)House a square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece
10. (noun)House an audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a fullhouse
13. (verb)House 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
Sense: a building in which people, especially a single family, live Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.
Definitions of House 
Afrikaans: huis
Arabic: بَيْت
Bulgarian: къща
Brazilian: casa
Czech: dům
German: das Haus
Danish: hus
Greek: σπίτι, κατοικία
Spanish: casa
Estonian: maja
Farsi: خانه
Finnish: talo
French: maison
Hebrew: בַּיִת
Hindi: गृह, घर
Croatian: kuca
Hungarian: (lakó)ház
Indonesian: rumah
Icelandic: hús, bygging
Italian: casa
Japanese: 家
Korean: 집, 주택
Lithuanian: namas
Latvian: māja; ēka; nams
Malay: rumah
Dutch: (woon)huis
Norwegian: (bolig)hus, villa
Polish: dom
Persian: خانه
Pashto: کور
Portuguese: casa
Romanian: casă
Russian: дом
Slovak: dom
Slovenian: hiša
Serbian: kuća
Swedish: hus, bostad
Thai: บ้าน
Turkish: ev, konut, mesken
Taiwanese: 房子
Ukrainian: дім, хата
Urdu: مکان
Vietnamese: nhà ở; căn nhà
Chinese: 房子
