house

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. abode, residence; chamber, legislature; firm, organization, company; family, ancestry, lineage. See business. —v. t. shelter, protect; cover, contain, harbor. See party, covering.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A habitation]

Syn. home, dwelling, apartment house, residence; see apartment , home 1 .

2. [A large business establishment]

Syn. corporation, partnership, stock company; see business 4 , organization 3 .

3. [A family]

Syn. line, family tradition, ancestry; see family 1 .

4. [A legislative body]

Syn. congress, council, parliament; see legislature .

• bring down the house*,

Syn. receive applause, create enthusiasm, please; see excite 2 .

• clean house,

Syn. arrange, put in order, tidy up; see clean .

• keep house,

Syn. manage a home, run a house, be a housekeeper; see manage 1 .

• like a house on fire,

Syn. actively, vigorously, energetically; see quickly 1 .

• on the house,

Syn. without expense, gratis, for nothing; see free 4 .

• play house,

Syn. make-believe, play games, play at keeping a home; see pretend 1 .

• set or [m1]• put one's house in order,

Syn. order one's affairs, arrange, put in order, manage; see order 3 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

home, residence, shelter, abode, habitation, domicile, homestead, castle, mansion, duplex.

WORD FIND

• attic access hole: scuttle

• beam supporting floor or ceiling: joist

• board siding: clapboard

• flooring of wood forming geometric pattern: parquet

• foundation without basement: slab

• frame made of heavy timbers: post-and-beam construction

• framing member, vertical: stud

• glass-enclosed lookout on top of roof: belvedere

• glass: glazing

• ornamentation, elaborate: gingerbread

• passage between garage and house: breezeway

• projection, with window, on sloping roof: dormer

• roof dome or domelike structure: cupola

• roof framing member: rafter, purlin, ridgeboard

• roof overhang: eaves

• roof walkway: widow’s walk

• roof with double slope on each side: gambrel

• roof with four sides, no gables: hip roof

• roof with two slopes on all four sides: mansard roof

• stair railing spindles: balusters

• styles: adobe, bothy, brownstone, bungalow, cabin, cajun cottage, Cape Cod, chateau, colonial, cottage, Creole townhouse, Dutch Colonial, Elizabethan, English magpie, Federal, gambrel, Georgian, gingerbread, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate, octagon, pueblo, Queen Anne, Romanesque, row house, saltbox, Second Empire, split level, Tudor, Victorian

• tile mortar: grout

• upper wall portion between slopes of roof: gable

• wall not requiring plaster: drywall, sheetrock, gypsum wallboard

• window framework: sash

• window strips or bars: mullions

• window that projects: bay window

see architecture, castle, home

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A building or shelter where one lives: abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. Chiefly British: dig (used in plural). See PROTECTION. 2. A group of usually related people living together as a unit: family, household, menage. See GROUP. 3. A commercial organization: business, company, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm2. Informal: outfit. See GROUP. 4. A group of people sharing common ancestry: clan, family, kindred, lineage, stock, tribe. Idioms: flesh and blood, kith and kin. See KIN. II verb 1. To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk1, domicile, harbor, lodge, put up, quarter, room. See PROTECTION. 2. To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period: abide, domicile, dwell, live1, reside. See PLACE. 3. To give refuge to: harbor, haven, shelter. See PROTECTION.