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Word entry · 5 letters

house

Best crossword clue

"Building for living"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈhaʊ̯s/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ehosuStarts with HEnds with E10 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A building for people to live in

Word origin

From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”). More at hose.

Used in a sentence

  • This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
  • Those homeowners who bought too much house, or borrowed against inflated values are now going to be liable for their own poor decisions.
  • one that feared God with all his house

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer10 curated clues

01Building for living5 letters
02Building people live in5 letters
03Detached family home5 letters
04Dwelling5 letters
05Family dwelling5 letters
06Home building5 letters
07Home on a lot5 letters
08Home with a roof5 letters

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