How to pronounce “house”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. [from 9th c.]
• A container; a thing which houses another.
• (uncountable) Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
• A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
• The people who live in a house; a household. [from 9th c.]
• A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). [from 10th c.]
• The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. [from 10th c.]
• (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. [from 10th c.]
• A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10th c.]
• (figurative) A place of rest or repose. [from 9th c.]
• A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. [from 19th c.]
• An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. [from 10th c.]
• (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. [from 14th c.]
• (cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.
• (chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. [from 16th c.]
• (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. [from 19th c.]
• Lotto; bingo. [from 20th c.]
• (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
• (US, dialect) A small stand of trees in a swamp.
• (sudoku) A set of cells in a sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box.
• (American football, slang, with “the”) The end zone.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
• (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor.
• To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
• (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
• (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
• (transitive) To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
• (obsolete) To drive to a shelter.
• (obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
• (nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
• (Canada, US, slang, transitive) To eat; especially, to scarf down.

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