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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
house·hold       [hous-hohld, -ohld] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.
–adjective
2.of or pertaining to a household: household furniture.
3.for use in maintaining a home, esp. for use in cooking, cleaning, laundering, repairing, etc., in the home: a household bleach.
4.common or usual; ordinary.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME houshold. See house, hold1]
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house·hold       (hous'hōld')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A domestic unit consisting of the members of a family who live together along with nonrelatives such as servants.
    2. The living spaces and possessions belonging to such a unit.
  2. A person or group of people occupying a single dwelling: the rise of nonfamily households.

adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or used in a household: household appliances.
  2. Commonly known; familiar: has become a household name.


[Middle English houshold : hous, house; see house + hold, possession, holding (from Old English, from healdan, to hold; see hold1).]

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household

noun
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] 

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Household

House"hold`\, n. 1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to prayers. --Swift.

2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Household

House"hold`\, a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs.

Household bread, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.]

Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects endeared by association with home.

Household troops, troops appointed to attend and guard the sovereign or his residence.

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