house

noun

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

  "This is my house and my family's ancestral home."

• The people who live in a house; a household.
• A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).

  "On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house."

• The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
• A theatre.

  "After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house."

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

  "The petition was so ridiculous that the house rejected it after minimal debate."

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

  "A curse lay upon the House of Atreus."

• A place of rest or repose.
• A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.

  "I was a member of Spenser house when I was at school."

• An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
• One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
• The fourth Lenormand card.
• A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
• The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
• Lotto; bingo.
• A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.

  "As the babysitter, Emma always acted as the mother whenever the kids demanded to play house."

• 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 in classic Sudoku.