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Household

Household Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Household? [n] 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" [adj] of or related to or used in the running of a household; "household chores"; "household management"; "household appliances" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Household: domestic \| family \| home \| house \| menage Related Terms \| Find terms related to Household: accustomed \| ancestral halls \| Attic \| average \| brood \| chaste \| children \| chimney corner \| classic \| classical \| common \| commonly known \| commonplace \| conventional \| current \| customary \| domal \| domestic \| domiciliary \| everyday \| familiar \| family \| family homestead \| fireplace \| fireside \| folks \| foyer \| garden \| garden-variety \| get \| habitual \| hackneyed \| hearth \| hearth and home \| hearthstone \| home \| home place \| home roof \| home sweet home \| homefolks \| homely \| homespun \| homestead \| house \| ingle \| inglenook \| ingleside \| issue \| manorial \| mansional \| matter-of-fact \| menage \| nondescript \| normative \| notorious \| offspring \| ordinary \| palatial \| paternal roof \| people \| plain \| platitudinous \| popular \| predominating \| prescriptive \| prevailing \| prosaic \| prosy \| proverbial \| public \| pure \| pure and simple \| regular \| regulation \| residential \| residentiary \| roof \| rooftree \| simple \| standard \| stock \| talked-about \| talked-of \| toft \| trite \| truistic \| universal \| universally admitted \| universally recognized \| usual \| vernacular \| well-kenned \| well-known \| well-recognized \| well-understood \| widely known \| wonted \| workaday \| workday See Also \| conjugal family \| extended family \| foster home \| menage a trois \| nuclear family \| social unit \| unit Household In Webster's Dictionary \House"hold`\, n. 1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family. And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to prayers. --Swift. 2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] --Shak. \House"hold`\, a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs. {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.

Household Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Household?

[n] 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"
[adj] of or related to or used in the running of a household; "household chores"; "household management"; "household appliances"

Household In Webster's Dictionary

\House"hold`\, n.
1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

         And calls, without affecting airs, His household
         twice a day to prayers.               --Swift.

2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] --Shak.


\House"hold`\, a.
Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household
furniture; household affairs.

{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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