house of cards
A structure made by stacking playing cards in a pyramidal fashion.
house
UK /haʊs/ US /hæʊs/
noun 6verb 5name 5
Definitions
noun
1
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,[…].
2
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
3
A container; a thing which houses another.
The purposes of food are to promote growth, to supply force and heat, and to furnish material to repair the waste which is constantly taking place in the body. Every breath, every thought, every motion, wears out some portion of the delicate and wonderful house in which we live.
4
Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
Those homeowners who bought too much house, or borrowed against inflated values are now going to be liable for their own poor decisions.
5
A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
verb
1
To keep within a structure or container.
The car is housed in the garage.
Houſe your choiceſt Carnations, or rather ſet them under a Pent-houſe againſt a South-wall, ſo as a covering being thrown over them to preſerve them in extremity of weather, they may yet enjoy the freer air at all other times.
2
To admit to residence; to harbor.
Palladius wished him [...] to house all the Helots.
3
To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
You shall not house with me.
The federation yesterday vowed to occupy Uotsuri, one of the islands, and build a permanent structure to house six members.
4
To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
Where Saturn houses.
5
To contain or cover mechanical parts.
noun
1
House music.
[…] their music is influenced as much by Roxy Music and the Ramones as it is by house and techno pioneers.
And while hard, minimal techno has become increasingly influenced by house and Oval-esque "glitch" stylistics, Exos keeps it old school on Strength, infusing his own style with the force of hard techno purists Surgeon and Oliver Ho.
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