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house·hold    Audio Help   [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    Audio Help   (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.
  1. 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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ˈhousehold noun
the people who live together in a house, including their servants
Example: How many people are there in this household?
Arabic: أهْل البَيْت، أسرَه
Chinese (Simplified): 同住在一家的人
Chinese (Traditional): 同住在一家的人
Czech: domácnost
Danish: husstand
Dutch: huishouding
Estonian: majapidamine
Finnish: talous
French: maison(née)
German: der Haushalt
Greek: νοικοκυριό, σπιτικό
Hungarian: háznép
Icelandic: heimilisfólk
Indonesian: rumah tangga
Italian: casa, famiglia
Japanese: 世帯
Korean: 가구(家口), 온 집안 사람
Latvian: ģimene; vienā mājā dzīvojošie
Lithuanian: šeimyna
Norwegian: husstand, husholdning
Polish: domownicy
Portuguese (Brazil): lar, grupo domiciliar
Portuguese (Portugal): agregado familiar
Romanian: gospo­dărie
Russian: дом (с домочадцами)
Slovak: domácnosť, členovia domácnosti
Slovenian: gospodinjstvo
Spanish: casa, familia
Swedish: hushåll
Turkish: ev halkı, aile
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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