Idioms for house

Origin of house

before 900; (noun) Middle English h(o)us, Old English hūs; cognate with Dutch huis, Low German huus, Old Norse hūs, German Haus, Gothic -hūs (in gudhūs temple); (v.) Middle English housen, Old English hūsian, derivative of the noun

SYNONYMS FOR house

1 domicile. House, dwelling, residence, home are terms applied to a place to live in. Dwelling is now chiefly poetic, or used in legal or technical contexts, as in a lease or in the phrase multiple dwelling. Residence is characteristic of formal usage and often implies size and elegance of structure and surroundings: the private residence of the king. These two terms and house have always had reference to the structure to be lived in. Home has recently taken on this meaning and become practically equivalent to house, the new meaning tending to crowd out the older connotations of family ties and domestic comfort. See also hotel.

OTHER WORDS FROM house

sub·house, noun well-housed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH house

home house (see synonym study at the current entry)

British Dictionary definitions for bring down the house (1 of 2)

House
/ (haʊs) /

noun the House

British informal the Stock Exchange

British Dictionary definitions for bring down the house (2 of 2)

house

noun (haʊs) plural houses (ˈhaʊzɪz)

verb (haʊz)

Derived forms of house

houseless, adjective

Word Origin for house

Old English hūs; related to Old High German hūs, Gothic gudhūs temple, Old Norse hūs house

Idioms and Phrases with bring down the house (1 of 2)

bring down the house

Also, bring the house down. Evoke tumultuous applause and cheers, as in Her solo brought the house down. This hyperbolic term suggests noise loud enough to pose a threat to the building—an unlikely occurrence. In the late 1800s, British music-hall comedians punned on it: when the audience greeted a joke with silence, they said, “Don't clap so hard; you'll bring down the house (it's a very old house).” [Mid-1700s]

Idioms and Phrases with bring down the house (2 of 2)

house