I. house ‧ hold 1 S3 W2 /ˈhaʊshəʊld $ -hoʊld/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: house + hold 'keeping, maintaining' ]
all the people who live together in one house SYN house :
A growing number of households have at least one computer.
Families are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house) .
II. household 2 BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
1 . relating to looking after a house and the people in it SYN domestic
household goods/products/items etc
washing powder and other household products
household chores
2 . be a household name/word to be very well known:
Coca-Cola is a household name around the world.