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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

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household Synonyms

household

n.

family unit, house, domestic establishment; see family 1, home.


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household Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • income: Patients from households with incomes of £ 10,000 and above would wait an additional 6.4 months in the same circumstances.

Preposition: in

  • boro: Annual Canvass The Electoral Register is updated each year from the information we receive from a canvass of all the households in the boro.

Adjective modifier

  • low-income: They are also more likely than single people to live in low-income households.

Modifies a noun

  • waste: They also compost organic household waste for use in the garden.

Noun used with modifier

  • pensioner: In Scotland, 58 % of pensioner households live in fuel poverty.
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household quotes

My name hasgotten to be a household wordöat least in certain households. I think there are now people who know my name, but don't know what Ido.I'm famous for being famous.

-Ashbery,John Lawrence

   And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself.

-Bible (Old Testament)

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.

-Bible (NewTestament)

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