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, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH house
home house (see synonym study at the current entry)Words nearby house
houri,
hourlong,
hourly,
hours,
housatonic,
house,
house agent,
house arrest,
house brand,
house call,
house church
British Dictionary definitions for bring down the house (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for bring down the house (2 of 2)
house
noun (haʊs) plural houses (ˈhaʊzɪz)
verb (haʊz)
Derived forms of house
houseless, adjectiveWord 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