Word a Day
house
What does house mean?
house (noun): a structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use house in a sentence?
- This is my house and my family's ancestral home. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce house?
/haʊs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does house come from?
From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “house” mean?
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
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the downwards force an object experiences due to gravity
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a structure built or serving as an abode of human beings
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