household
//ˈhaʊshəʊld//
Forms
- Plural
- households
Definitions
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.
- Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule.
- 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.Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.
3.Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.
1.Belonging to the same house and family.
2.Found in or having its origin in a home.
3.Widely known to the public; familiar.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2203
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English houshold. By surface analysis, house + hold.