/hʌʊs/
noun
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.The people who live in a house; a household.A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.A theatre.A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.A place of rest or repose.A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.The fourth Lenormand card.A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.Lotto; bingo.A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.A small stand of trees in a swamp.(sudoku) A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku.