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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a social unit living together;
- Example: "he moved his family to Virginia"
- Example: "It was a good Christian household"
- Example: "I waited until the whole house was asleep"
- Example: "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
[syn: family, household, house, home, menage]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Household \House"hold`\, a.
   Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household
   furniture; household affairs.
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   Household bread, bread made in the house for common use;
      hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.]

   Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the
      house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all
      objects endeared by association with home.

   Household troops, troops appointed to attend and guard the
      sovereign or his residence.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Household \House"hold`\, n.
   1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.
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            And calls, without affecting airs,
            His household twice a day to prayers. --Swift.
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   2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

household
    n 1: a social unit living together; "he moved his family to
         Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited
         until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how
         many people made up his home" [syn: family, household,
         house, home, menage]