A Quick and Simple Dictionary

house

1. Proper noun.  (US) The House of Representatives, "the House".
2. Proper noun.  More generally, a shortened name for any chamber of a legislature that is named "House of...", especially where the other chamber(s) are not so named (as in Australia or Canada), or where there is no other chamber (as in New Zealand).
3. Proper noun.  (surname, topographic) for someone residing in a house (as opposed to a hut) or in a religious house.
4. Noun.  (senseid, en) A structure serving as an abode of human beings.
5. Noun.  The mode of living as if in a house.
6. Noun.  The usual place to find an object or an animal.
7. Noun.  A structure to protect or store something or someone.
8. Noun.  A protective structure on the deck of a ship.
9. Noun.  A theatre building, or the audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
10. Noun.  (politics) A deliberative assembly forming a component of a legislature, or, more rarely, the room or building in which such an assembly normally meets.
11. Noun.  (senseid, en) An establishment, whether actual, as a pub, or virtual, as a website.
12. Noun.  (business) A company or organisation.
13. Noun.  A dynasty, a familial descendance, for example, a royal House.
14. Noun.  (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
15. Noun.  A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
16. Noun.  House music.
17. Noun.  (curling) The three concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
18. Noun.  An early or alternative name for the game bingo.
19. Noun.  (British) A complete set of numbers in bingo.
20. Noun.  (uncountable, US) An aggregate of characteristics of a house.
21. Noun.  (rft-sense, proper noun?) (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
22. Verb.  (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
23. Verb.  (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
24. Verb.  (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
25. Verb.  (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.