.household
'name (also less frequent household 'word) noun a name that has become very well known cii ft #£ W ^: She
became a household name in the 1960s. Mft 20«S 60
'house-hunting
noun [U] the activity of looking for a house to buy $ ) ►'house-
hunter noun
house
husband noun a man who stays at home to cook, clean, take care of
the children, etc. while his wife or partner goes out to work $1 # ^ # (Hj 3t
A; “M Eft A” — compare housewife house-keep-er /'hauski:p0(r)/ noun 1 a person, usually a woman, whose job is to manage the
shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc. in a house or an institution If M, )
2 a person whose job is to
manage the cleaning of
rooms in a hotel ( ) J!?l
iBj'/ffioX
house
keep ing /’hauskiipir)/ noun [U] 1 the work involved
in taking care of a house, especially shopping and managing money M # ( X
fe Jft fn f 21 JF It ) 2 the department in a hotel, a hospital, an
office building, etc. that is responsible for cleaning the rooms, etc. ( ifctt,
SIS, ^*$#1 ) /5*bSP: Call
housekeeping and
ask them to bring us some clean towels. it
Ao 3 (also housekeeping money especially
in BrE) the
money used to buy food, cleaning materials and other things needed for taking
care of a house AftJF A 4 jobs that are done to enable an organization or
computer system to work well ft # ft, 21: Most large companies now use
computers for accounting and housekeeping operations. £i+is
house maid /'haosmeid/ noun (old-fashioned) a
female servant in a large house who cleans the rooms, etc. and often lives
there ( ) Aft, AW
.housemaid’s
'knee noun [U] a condition in which the space around the kneecap becomes swollen and painful
Aft0 ( ^ ) ; flfcftfHA house-man /'hausman/ noun {pi. -men /-men/) 1 (old- fashionedBrE) = house officer
2 (NAmE) a man employed to do general jobs in a house, hotel,
etc. ( M
mmwmm) Mij&i, lift
'house
martin noun a small black and white European bird like a swallow ^ )
house-mas ter /'hausmaista(r); NAmE -maes-/, house- mis-tress /'hausmistras/ noun {especially BrE) a teacher in charge of a group of children (called a house) in a school, especially a
private school ( )
house-mate /'hausmeit/ noun {especially BrE) a person that you share a house with, but who is not
one of your family |WJJ1 ( )
'house music (also house) noun [u] a type of popular dance music with a fast beat,
played on electronic instruments ftftfHiftfrU ft ,
)
.house
of 'cards noun [sing.] 1 a plan, an organization, etc. that is so badly
arranged that it could easily fail A oj if $1; 2
a structure built out of
PLAYING CARDS
the .House of Commons (also the Commons)
noun 1 [sing.+sing./pl. v.] (in
2 [sing.] the building where the members of
the House of Commons meet ~F- $ gc A ^ —compare House of Lords
'house officer noun (in
.house
of 'God noun [usually sing.] [pi. houses of God) [literary) a church or other religious building ffc ^
the .House of Lords (also the Lords) noun 1 [sing.+sing./pl.
v.] (in
whose members are not
elected by the people of the country ( 3£g ) HS£|^
2 [sing.] the building
where members of the
House of Lords meet
—
compare House
of Commons
the .House of Repre sentatives noun [sing]
the largest part of Congress in the
—
compare senate(I)
'house party noun a party held at a large house in the
country where guests stay for a few days; the guests at this party ( Ht
)
'house
plant [BrE also 'pot plant) noun a plant
that you grow in a pot and keep indoors 'house-proud adj. spending a lot of
time making your house look clean and attractive, and thinking that this is
important
house-room /'hausruim; -rum/ noun [U]
space in a house for sb/sth^IW^S$K; M3f
IT»TO1 not give sth 'houseroom [BrE) to not like sth and not want it in your
house
'house-sit verb [V] (-tt-)
to live in sb’s house while they are away in order to take care of it
for them ( ft Aft
the .Houses of Parliament noun [pi ] (in
T«itt ) i) ift^AM 'house sparrow noun a
common small grey and brown bird that lives in the roofs of houses .house 'style noun [U, C]
the way a company such as a publisher
prefers its written materials to be expressed and arranged ( ft #%
m
.house-to-
house adj. [only before noun] visiting
every house in a particular area it ft 1$ : a
house-to- house collection/search j£|U]jt|t / o The police are making
house-to-house inquiries. fir^IEftjlSfti^Sito 'house-trained [BrE) [NAmE 'house-broken) adj. (of pet cats or
dogs ft % $ (ft ffl M) trained to defecate and urinate outside the house or in a special box Uilll^ft
ftft () mmm
house-wares /'hausweaz; NAmE -werz/ noun [pi.] (NAmE) (in shops/stores pgf jg) small items used in the house,
especially kitchen equipment
'house-warming noun a party
given by sb who has just moved into a new house house-wife fhauswaif/
noun [pi. -wives
/-waivz/) a woman who stays at home to cook, clean, take care of the
children, etc. while her husband or partner goes out to work ft #3 ; ^10 t —compare house
husband ► house wife ly adj. house-work /'hausw3:k; NAmE -W3:rk/
noun [U] the
work involved in taking care of a home and family, for example cleaning and
cooking to
do the housework hous ing /'hauzm/
noun
1 [U]
houses, flats/apartments, etc. that people live in, especially when referring
to their type, price or condition ($#,
public/private
housing ^ Aft^- 0 poor housing conditions (&$&&& 0 the
housing shortage jij^-
M ^ o the housing market (= the activity of
buying and selling houses, etc.) ft rfc ^ 2 [U] the job of
providing houses, flats/apartments, etc. for people to live in ft it: the housing department
ftft-ftiSoPn
0 the council's housing policy rfiJ^ft 3 [C] a hard
cover that protects
part of a machine ( ) ft ini,
a car’s rear axle
housing
'housing association noun (in