House

House

A house is a home, building or structure the primary function of which is to be occupied for habitation by humans or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to complex structures composed of many systems. English-speaking people generally call any building they routinely occupy "home".

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Famous quotes containing the word house:

    Part way back from Bedlam
    I came to my mother’s house in Gloucester,
    Massachusetts. And this is how I came
    to catch at her; and this is how I lost her.
    I cannot forgive your suicide, my mother said.
    And she never could.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.
    Robert Benchley (1889–1945)

    I am more afraid of making a fault in my Latin than of the Kings of Spain, France, Scotland, the whole House of Guise, and all of their confederates.
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)