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Word entry · 5 letters

house

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"Building for living"

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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

01“Building for living”5 letters
02“Building people live in”5 letters
03“Detached family home”5 letters
04“Dwelling”5 letters
05“Family dwelling”5 letters
06“Home building”5 letters
07“Home on a lot”5 letters
08“Home with a roof”5 letters
09“Home with rooms”5 letters
10“Legislative chamber”5 letters

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