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house⋅hold

  [hous-hohld, -ohld]
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–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, hold 1
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house·hold   (hous'hōld')   
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

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.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : household
Spanish: casa, familia,
German: der Haushalt,
Japanese: 世帯
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