(religion) A religious edifice; a mosque, church, synagogue, temple, or similar place where believers go to practice their faith.

plural of house of worship

Archaic spelling of workhouse.

Alternative form of houseboy

Alternative spelling of houseplant

A domestic cat, Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus, commonly kept as a pet animal. / A pet cat that is confined to, or almost permanently resides, inside the house.

(idiomatic, dated) To clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughly.

(simile) Very secure.

A narrow shack with a door at each end, common in the Southern United States from the end of the Civil War until the 1920s.

(chiefly US) A building in which the members of a fraternity or sorority reside or meet, especially one located on or near the campus of a college or university.