► house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in: · Annie and Rick have just bought their first house.· The price of houses is going up all the time.
► detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house: · a detached four-bedroomed house
► semi-detached house British English a house that is joined to another house on one side
► terraced house British English, row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined together
► townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city: · an 18th-century townhouse in Bath
► cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK: · a little cottage in the country· a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)
► bungalow a small house that is all on one level: · Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.
► country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest: · The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.
► mansion a very large house: · the family’s Beverly Hills mansion
► mobile home (also trailer American English) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place
► ranch house American English a long narrow house that is all on one level: · a California ranch house
► duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes
1American English a type of house made of metal, that can be pulled by a vehicle and moved to another place2British English a large caravan which always stays in the same place and is used as a house SYN trailer American English