house

pluralhouses

conjugation housing - housed - housed

noun: a building for human habitation, especially one that is lived in by a family or small group of people
- They bought a beautiful old house near the park.
noun: a home or family unit; the people living together in a household
- Alarm waked the whole house.
verb: to provide with shelter or living quarters
- The refugee center can house up to 300 people.
verb: to contain or accommodate something, especially as a receptacle
- This building houses the main collection of the city library.