A structure made by stacking playing cards in a pyramidal fashion. / (by extension, often attributive) Any structure with alternating vertical and horizontal layers.

(UK, politics) The House of Commons and the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster.

plural of House of Parliament

(music) A style of music from the early rave scene in the UK.

(UK politics) The lower house of the British Parliament; a session of the house. / (Canada, politics) The lower house of the Canadian Parliament.

(Canada slang, humorous euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

The upper chamber of the UK's Houses of Parliament

(UK, humorous euphemistic slang, dated) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. / (Scotland, humorous euphemistic slang, uncommon) A urinal.

(law) Confinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.

Alternative form of housewarming