house

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/haʊ̯s/]

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Senses

1. house (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

Example: This is my house and my family's ancestral home.

2. house (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.: An apartment building within a public housing estate.

3. house (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A container; a thing which houses another.

Example: The purposes of food are to promote growth, to supply force and heat, and to furnish material to repair the waste which is constantly taking place in the body. Every breath, every thought, every motion, wears out some portion of the delicate and wonderful house in which we live.

Structure of the word

Roots:

skewh (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: skewh

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