The owner of a house. / The head of a household. / (Buddhism) A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati.

present participle of house

(uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone. / (uncountable) Residences, collectively. / (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.

Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment. / (obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.

Belonging to the same house and family. / Found in or having its origin in a home. / Widely known to the public; familiar.

Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking. / (uncommon) Homework.

A child's play house.

A person who stays in your house to mind it while you are away.

A theatre, or similar building, primarily used for staging opera.

(UK, formal) A pub; a British bar or tavern, often selling food and sometimes lodging; an inn.