(housing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a building in which people live, usually the people belonging to one family.
She has moved to a smaller ~.
...her parents’ ~ in Warwickshire.
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2.
You can refer to all the people who live together in a ~ as the ~.
If he set his alarm clock for midnight, it would wake the whole ~...
= ~hold
N-SING: usu the N
3.
House is used in the names of types of places where people go to eat and drink.
...a steak ~.
...an old Salzburg coffee ~.
N-COUNT: n N
4.
House is used in the names of types of companies, especially ones which publish books, lend money, or design clothes.
Many of the clothes come from the world’s top fashion ~s...
Eventually she was fired from her job at a publishing ~.
N-COUNT: n N
5.
House is sometimes used in the names of office buildings and large private homes or expensive ~s. (mainly BRIT)
I was to go to the very top floor of Bush House in Aldwych.
...Harewood House near Leeds.
N-IN-NAMES: n N
6.
You can refer to the two main bodies of Britain’s parliament and the United States of America’s legislature as the House or a House.
Some members of the House and Senate worked all day yesterday...
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7.
A ~ is a family which has been or will be important for many generations, especially the family of a king or queen.
...the House of Windsor.
N-COUNT: with supp
8.
The ~ is the part of a theatre, cinema, or other place of entertainment where the audience sits. You can also refer to the audience at a particular performance as the ~.
They played in front of a packed ~.
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9.
A restaurant’s ~ wine is the cheapest wine it sells, which is not listed by name on the wine list.
Tweed ordered a carafe of the ~ wine.
ADJ: ADJ n
10.
To ~ someone means to provide a ~ or flat for them to live in.
Part III of the Housing Act 1985 imposes duties on local authorities to ~ homeless people...
Regrettably we have to ~ families in these inadequate flats.
VERB: V n, V n adv/prep
11.
A building or container that ~s something is the place where it is located or from where it operates.
The chateau itself is open to the public and ~s a museum of motorcycles and cars...
VERB: no cont, V n
12.
If you say that a building ~s a number of people, you mean that is the place where they live or where they are staying.
The building will ~ twelve boys and eight girls...
= accommodate
VERB: no cont, V n
13.
see also boarding ~ , chapter ~ , clearing ~ , council ~ , doll’s ~ , full ~ , open ~ , opera ~ , public ~ , Wendy ~ , White House
14.
If a person or their performance or speech brings the ~ down, the audience claps, laughs, or shouts loudly because the performance or speech is very impressive or amusing. (INFORMAL)
It’s really an amazing dance. It just always brings the ~ down.
PHRASE: V inflects
15.
If two people get on like a ~ on fire, they quickly become close friends, for example because they have many interests in common. (INFORMAL)
PHRASE: V inflects
16.
If you are given something in a restaurant or bar on the ~, you do not have to pay for it.
The owner knew about the engagement and brought them glasses of champagne on the ~.
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v
17.
If someone gets their ~ in order, puts their ~ in order, or sets their ~ in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems.
Some think Stempel’s departure will help the company get its financial ~ in order...
PHRASE: V inflects