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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats