| apartment house |
a building containing a number of individual apartments; apartment building. |
| boardinghouse |
a residence that provides rooms and meals to paying lodgers. |
| clean house |
to force out all undesired people or things. |
| clearinghouse |
a central place where materials or information are collected or maintained, esp. for distribution. [2 definitions] |
| customhouse |
a government office or building, usu. at a seaport, where customs on imports are collected and ships are cleared to enter or leave port. |
| death house |
a prison building where prisoners awaiting execution are housed, and where execution takes place. |
| discount house |
a store that regularly sells merchandise for less than the usual retail prices; discount store. |
| duplex house |
a house that has been divided into two separate living units. |
| engine house |
a building in which large engines, such as fire engines or locomotives, are kept when not in use. |
| field house |
a large building, usu. located at a college or university, suitable for indoor athletic activities, esp. track events, basketball, or gymnastics. [2 definitions] |
| full house |
in poker, a hand that contains three of a kind and a pair, such as three aces and two sixes. |
| halfway house |
a special residence where people who have been released from institutions, such as mental patients, prisoners, and drug addicts, are helped to adjust to ordinary life. |
| house arrest |
legal confinement of a person under arrest in his or her home, a hospital, or a public building rather than in jail or prison. |
| house of cards |
any structure, plan, arrangement, or the like that will collapse or fail because of its flimsiness. |
| house of correction |
an institution for the confinement and reformation of those convicted of minor offenses who are not regarded as confirmed criminals. |
| house of ill fame |
a house of prostitution; bordello. |
| house of ill repute |
a house of prostitution; bordello. |
| house of worship |
a church, temple, mosque or other place where religious services are carried out. |
| house organ |
a publication put out periodically by a business or other organization for its employees, customers, or the like. |
| house party |
the entertainment of guests overnight or for several days in a home, vacation residence, fraternity house, or the like. |