Found 4 items, similar to houses.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: house rumah
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: house balai, mengakomodasikan, rorompok, rumah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: house house v 1: contain or cover; “This box houses the gears” 2: provide housing for; “The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town” [syn: put up, domiciliate] house n 1: a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; “he has a house on Cape Cod”; “she felt she had to get out of the house” 2: an official assembly having legislative powers; “the legislature has two houses” 3: a building in which something is sheltered or located; “they had a large carriage house” 4: a social unit living together; “he moved his family to Virginia”; “It was a good Christian household”; “I waited until the whole house was asleep”; “the teacher asked how many people made up his home” [syn: family, household, home, menage] 5: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; “the house was full” [syn: theater, theatre] 6: members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; “he worked for a brokerage house” [syn: firm, business firm] 7: aristocratic family line; “the House of York” 8: the members of a religious community living together 9: the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; “the house applauded”; “he counted the house” 10: play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; “the children were playing house” 11: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, planetary house] 12: the management of a gambling house or casino; “the house gets a percentage of every bet”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Houses House \House\ (hous), n.; pl. Houses. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See Hide, and cf. Hoard, Husband, Hussy, Husting.] 1. A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion. [1913 Webster] Houses are built to live in; not to look on. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and houses driven away. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below. [1913 Webster] 3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household. [1913 Webster] One that feared God with all his house. --Acts x. 2. [1913 Webster] 4. A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel. [1913 Webster] The last remaining pillar of their house, The one transmitter of their ancient name. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 5. One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament. [1913 Webster] 6. (Com.) A firm, or commercial establishment. [1913 Webster] 7. A public house; an inn; a hotel. [1913 Webster] 8. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours. [1913 Webster] 9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. [1913 Webster] 10. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house. [1913 Webster] 11. The body, as the habitation of the soul. [1913 Webster] This mortal house I'll ruin, Do C[ae]sar what he can. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 12. Usage: [With an adj., as narrow, dark, etc.] The grave. “The narrow house.” --Bryant. [1913 Webster] Note: House is much used adjectively and as the first element of compounds. The sense is usually obvious; as, house cricket, housemaid, house painter, housework. [1913 Webster] House ant (Zo["o]l.), a very small, yellowish brown ant (Myrmica molesta), which often infests houses, and sometimes becomes a great pest. House of bishops (Prot. Epis. Ch.), one of the two bodies composing a general convertion, the other being House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. House boat, a covered boat used as a dwelling. House of call, a place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assemble when out of work, ready for the call of employers. [Eng.] To bring down the house. See under Bring. To keep house, to maintain an independent domestic establishment. To keep open house, to entertain friends at all times. Syn: Dwelling; residence; abode. See Tenement. [1913 Webster]