household — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

average

Most families in our neighborhood have two cars, which is typical for an average household.

domestic, private, etc. | rural, urban | middle-class, working-class | high-income, low-income, poor, etc. | family, married-couple, single-person, etc.

VERB + HOUSEHOLD

manage, run

set up

After graduation, they decided to set up a household together in a small apartment downtown.

HOUSEHOLD + NOUN

appliance, contents, furniture, goods, item, product

My family recently replaced all our old household appliances when we moved into the new house.

bills, budget, expenditure, expenses, income | chore, duties, task | rubbish, waste

PHRASES

the head of the household

The head of the household makes important decisions about family finances and bills.

Definitions

noun

1

Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.

And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.

Shih Hung-pi was born a pauper at a poor household in Suichung County, Liaoning. He suffered untold misery in the old society. Then he joined the PLA.

2

Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.

3

Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.

4

A line of ancestry; a race or house.

In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, / My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

adj

1

Belonging to the same house and family.

2

Found in or having its origin in a home.

Whether boarding an airplane with underwear on your face to protest mask requirements, injecting yourself with horse dewormer instead of a safe and effective vaccine or swallowing household disinfectants because the President of the United States unironically suggested that it might help, the pandemic has amplified the frequency and tenor of ridiculous and sometimes alarming behavior.

3

Widely known to the public; familiar.

a household word; a household name

Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he’ll remember with advantages What feats he did that day. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words, Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.

name

1

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a social unit living together

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.

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02

Shih Hung-pi was born a pauper at a poor household in Suichung County, Liaoning. He suffered untold misery in the old society. Then he joined the PLA.

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03

Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule.

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04

Whether boarding an airplane with underwear on your face to protest mask requirements, injecting yourself with horse dewormer instead of a safe and effective vaccine or swallowing household disinfecta

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05

a household word; a household name

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06

Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he’ll remember with advantages What feats he did that day. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words, Harry the King, Bedford and Exet

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, household is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.