A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home, n.1 2.) In singular.

A dwelling place; a person's house or abode; the fixed residence of a family or household; the seat of domestic life and interests. Also (chiefly…

A building for human habitation, typically and historically one that is the ordinary place of residence of a family. (Cf. home, n.1 2.) In plural.

By synecdoche: †(a) a house, a chamber (obsolete, chiefly poetic); (b) a home, a household; a dwelling place; (also) a place of temporary…

A house or building. Now rare.

? ‘A building, a habitation.’ Jamieson. Obsolete. (But the quotation may mean ‘populous centre,’ or ‘swarm of men.’)

A house occupied as a place of residence, as distinguished from a house of business, warehouse, office, etc.

(a) A room in a house, containing the main fireplace (cf. house, n.1 1c); (b) a house with a fireplace in it, as distinguished from the…

Of a house: that is a permanent residence. Only in standing house and standing mansion-house. Obsolete.

gen. A dwelling house, a house in which a person resides. Obsolete.

Chiefly Scottish. A house; a household. Obsolete.

A home, a dwelling; a place of abode. Now rare and English regional (chiefly East Anglian).

A dwelling-house. Obsolete. rare.

slang (originally British). A house or other dwelling; a room or establishment for accommodation or recreation; spec. (a) a drinking-place or…

A house. Occasionally: spec. (a) a brothel; (b) a public house. Now rare.

A house. Cf. case, n.2 5a.

U.S. slang. A house.

A house (see also quot. 1919).

figurative.machine for living (in): a house or other habitation considered as a functional entity. Also in imitative phrases.