Associations to the word «Household»

Pictures for the word «Household»

Wiktionary

HOUSEHOLD, noun. Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
HOUSEHOLD, noun. (obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.
HOUSEHOLD, adjective. Belonging to the same house and family.
HOUSEHOLD, adjective. Of anything found in or having its origin in a home.
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, noun. A machine which accomplishes a household function, such as cooking or cleaning.
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, noun. Plural of household appliance
HOUSEHOLD DEITIES, noun. Plural of household deity
HOUSEHOLD DEITY, noun. (mythology) (religion) Especially in pagan religions, a minor god or goddess functioning as the protector of a home, household, and/or family, worshipped by members of the household and sometimes conceived as an animistic or ancestral spirit.
HOUSEHOLD DEITY, noun. (figuratively) (by extension) An exemplar or revered individual within a group.
HOUSEHOLD GOD, noun. Alternative term for household deity
HOUSEHOLD GODS, noun. Plural of household god
HOUSEHOLD INCOME, noun. The total income of all members of a household
HOUSEHOLD NAME, noun. A brand name that is well known to the great majority of households.
HOUSEHOLD NAME, noun. A genericized trademark.
HOUSEHOLD NAME, noun. (idiomatic) A very well-known public figure.
HOUSEHOLD NAMES, noun. Plural of household name

Dictionary definition

HOUSEHOLD, noun. A social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke