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Definition house in British English

house noun

noun
/haʊs/
1

a building for living in, usually where only one family lives

Example

I'd love a house with a garden.

Example

a three-bedroom house

Example

We're moving house at the end of the month.

Synonyms and related words
adobe apartment block apartment building
1.1

the people who are in a house or who live there

Example

The noise woke the entire house.

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colony commune community
Example

a publishing/software house

Example

a reputable auction house

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account acquisition affiliate
2.1

used in the names of some companies, especially those that design and sell clothes

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bespoke catwalk collection
Example

house journal/magazine

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inner institutional internal
3

a restaurant, hotel, pub, or club

Example

Seafood is the speciality of the house.

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bar bistro brasserie alehouse bar beer garden
4

the part of a theatre, cinema, concert hall etc that contains the audience

Example

Cats has been playing to packed houses.

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aisle apron auditorium
4.1

the audience in a theatre, cinema, concert hall etc

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audience box office bums on seats
4.2

a performance in a theatre or cinema that is one of a series taking place on the same day

Example

the first/second house

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act appearance booking
5

a type of modern electronic music that developed in the 1980s, replacing disco as the most popular form of dance music. It combines deep bass sounds with parts that are sung or played on a synthesizer.

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acid house acid jazz ambient
Example

Claridge House

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centre Court great
Example

the House of Windsor/Hanover/Habsburg

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archduke aristocracy aristocrat
8

one of the groups that students are divided into in some British schools, in order to compete against each other

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class dean’s list form
Definition house in British English

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