HOUSE: значение слова

biographical name Edward Mandell 1858-1938 Colonel house American diplomat

house arrest
noun
Date: 1936
confinement often under guard to one's house or quarters instead of in prison

house call
noun
Date: 1960
a visit (as by a doctor or a repair person) to a home to provide a requested service

house cat
noun
Date: 1607
cat 1a

house cricket
noun
Date: 1774
a widely distributed cricket ( Acheta domesticus ) usually living in or about dwellings

house detective
noun
Date: 1898
a person who is employed (as by a hotel) to prevent disorderly or improper conduct of patrons

house finch
noun
Date: 1869
a small finch ( Carpodacus mexicanus ) that has a male with a red head, breast, and rump and that is native to Mexico and the western United States and has been introduced in the eastern United States

house girl
noun
Date: 1835
housemaid

house mouse
noun
Date: 1835
a common nearly cosmopolitan grayish-brown mouse ( Mus musculus ) that usually lives and breeds about buildings, may act as a vector of diseases, and is an important laboratory animal

house of assembly
Date: 1653 a legislative body or the lower house of a legislature (as in various British colonies, protectorates, and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations)

house of burgesses
Date: 1658 the colonial representative assembly of Virginia

house of cards
Date: 1645 a structure, situation, or institution that is insubstantial, shaky, or in constant danger of collapse

house of commons
Date: 1621 the lower house of the British and Canadian parliaments

house of correction
Date: circa 1576 a penal institution for persons convicted of a minor offense and considered capable of reformation

house of delegates
Date: 1783 house 6a

house of lords
Date: 1643 the upper house of the British Parliament composed of the lords temporal and spiritual

house of representatives
Date: 1716 the lower house of a legislative body (as the United States Congress)

house of studies
Date: 1929 an educational institution serving scholars of a religious order

house of study see: house of studies

house organ
noun
Date: 1907
a periodical distributed by a business concern among its employees, sales personnel, or customers

house party
noun
Date: 1876
a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (as a home or fraternity house)

house rule
noun
Date: 1947
a rule (as in a game) that applies only among a certain group or in a certain place

house seat
noun
Date: 1948
a theater seat reserved by the management for a special guest

house sitter
noun
Date: 1971
a person who occupies a dwelling to provide security and maintenance while the tenant is away, house-sit intransitive verb house-sitting noun

house sparrow
noun
Date: 1674
a sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) native to Eurasia that has been introduced worldwide and is found especially in urban and agricultural areas

house trailer
noun
Date: 1937
mobile home