house
US /haʊs/
Definition
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
They are selling their house because the family is moving abroad.
Word Family
NounNoun
house gốc
housing
VerbVerb
house gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Synonyms
- residenceany address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- dwellinghousing that someone is living in
- homewhere you live at a particular time
Collocations
- Easy big housedescribing big house (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
- Medium in-house training seminara collocation phrase: in-house training seminar
- Hard clearing house for interbank settlementto clearing house for interbank settlement, meaning to rid of obstructions
- Very Hard put your own house in order firstto put your own house in order first, meaning to put into a certain place or abstract location
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