"house" meaning in English

See house in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /haʊs/ Audio: en-us-house-noun.ogg [US], en-uk-house.ogg [UK] Forms: house [singular], houses [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A house is a building that one family lives in.
    Sense id: simple-house-en-noun-7ND16Z1G
  2. House is a type of music.
    Sense id: simple-house-en-noun-wae~n1uq

Verb

IPA: /haʊz/ Audio: en-us-house-verb.ogg [US] Forms: house [canonical], houses [third-person, singular], housed [past], housed [past, participle], housing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|hous|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you house someone or something, you give them a home.
    Sense id: simple-house-en-verb-PlOfFdaq
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