household Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a social unit living together
    house; menage; family; home.
    • 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

WordNet


House"hold` noun
Definitions
  1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.
    And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to prayers. Swift.
  2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. Obs. Shak.
House"hold` adjective
Definitions
  1. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs.

Webster 1913