house (noun)

  • 61house-duty — houseˈ dūty or houseˈ tax noun A tax laid on inhabited houses • • • Main Entry: ↑house …

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  • 62house-factor — houseˈ factor noun (Scot) A house agent • • • Main Entry: ↑house …

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  • 63house-husband — houseˈ husband noun A married man or live in male partner who looks after the house and family and does not have a paid job • • • Main Entry: ↑house …

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  • 64house lights — plural noun (theatre) The lights illuminating the auditorium • • • Main Entry: ↑house * * * (also houselights) plural n. the lights in the area of a theater where the audience sits the show ended and the house lights came up …

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  • 65house-mate — houseˈ mate noun One person sharing a house with another • • • Main Entry: ↑house …

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  • 66house-warming — houseˈ warming noun A party given after moving into a new house • • • Main Entry: ↑house …

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  • 67house swap — UK US noun [countable] [singular house swap plural house swaps] tourism an arrangement where two families exchange houses for a holiday Thesaurus: types of holiday …

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  • 68house´-sit´ter — house sit «HOWS SIHT», intransitive verb. Especially U.S. to live in and take care of a house while the regular occupants are away. –house´ sit´ter, noun …

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  • 69house´less|ness — house|less «HOWS lihs», adjective. 1. without a house or shelter; homeless. 2. (of a place) destitute of houses: »the houseless ocean s heaving field (Tennyson). –house´less|ness, noun …

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  • 70house|less — «HOWS lihs», adjective. 1. without a house or shelter; homeless. 2. (of a place) destitute of houses: »the houseless ocean s heaving field (Tennyson). –house´less|ness, noun …

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