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household definition

house·hold (ho̵us′hōld′)

noun

  1. the person or persons who live in one house, apartment, etc.; variously, one person or a group, esp. a family
  2. the home and its affairs

Etymology: ME houshold: see house & hold,

adjective

  1. of a household or home; domestic
    1. common; ordinary
    2. known to almost everyone; very familiar the incident made him a household name overnight

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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