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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, hold¹

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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.
A person or group of people occupying a single dwelling: the rise of nonfamily households.

adj.

Of, relating to, or used in a household: household appliances.
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:	maisonnée
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

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 - Cite This Source - Share This

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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