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household

hou·se·hold

UK/ˈhaʊshəʊld/ US/ˈhaʊshoʊld/ fairly common

noun

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”
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Origin

From Middle English houshold. By surface analysis, house + hold. Cognate with Scots houshald, housald, housell, howsell (“household”), Dutch huishouden (“household”) (earlier huishoud), German Low German Huushollen (“household”) (Middle Low German hūsholt), German Haushalt (“household”), Swedish hushåll (“household, family”), Norwegian husholdning (“household”).

Phrases

  • extended household
  • head of household
  • household appliance
  • household art
  • household arts
  • household bread
  • Household Cavalry
  • household deity

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