--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 33 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 33 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Unfriendly, angry behaviour or feelings towards someone.[↗](../../hostility/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strong opposition to an idea or plan.[↗](../../hostility/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (plural, hostilities, formal) Fighting in a war.[↗](../../hostility/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was hostility between the two rival teams.[↗](../../hostility/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new boy felt the hostility of the older children at first.[↗](../../hostility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan to close the park met with hostility from the town.[↗](../../hostility/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hostilities ended when both sides signed a peace treaty.[↗](../../hostility/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat looked at the puppy with hostility.[↗](../../hostility/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindness can slowly melt hostility.[↗](../../hostility/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Why is there always this hostility between us?" they said.[↗](../../hostility/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having a high temperature; very warm.[↗](../../hot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "hot soup".[↗](../../hot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Making your mouth burn because of spices.[↗](../../hot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "hot sauce".[↗](../../hot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Feeling too warm.[↗](../../hot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I'm hot."[↗](../../hot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Very popular or new (informal).[↗](../../hot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the hot toy this year".[↗](../../hot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Hot can also mean very keen or eager about doing something (informal).[↗](../../hot/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soup is too hot to eat.[↗](../../hot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch the hot pan.[↗](../../hot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a hot day, so drink water.[↗](../../hot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hot air rises.[↗](../../hot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This sauce is very hot and spicy.[↗](../../hot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sand was hot under our feet.[↗](../../hot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Run the hot tap carefully.[↗](../../hot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Summer is the hottest season.[↗](../../hot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He hot fer true, ain't he?"[↗](../../hot/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted.[↗](../../hot/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hot/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.[↗](../../hot/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hot/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Aaron said: 'Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.[↗](../../hot/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.32.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hot/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?[↗](../../hot/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hot/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.[↗](../../hot/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hot/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.[↗](../../hot/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hot/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **hotdog** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hot sausage, usually a frankfurter, served in a long soft bread roll, often with ketchup or mustard.[↗](../../hotdog/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, mainly US) A person who shows off, especially in a sport, doing risky or flashy tricks.[↗](../../hotdog/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, US) To hotdog is to show off with daring tricks, for example on skis, a skateboard or a surfboard.[↗](../../hotdog/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old-fashioned US) «Hot dog!» is a happy shout meaning «great!».[↗](../../hotdog/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We bought two hotdogs at the baseball game.[↗](../../hotdog/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad put ketchup and mustard on my hotdog.[↗](../../hotdog/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotdog stand at the fair had a long queue.[↗](../../hotdog/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If one hotdog costs $3, how much do four hotdogs cost?[↗](../../hotdog/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa sliced the hotdog so the baby would not choke.[↗](../../hotdog/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop hotdogging on the slopes and ski safely\![↗](../../hotdog/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a bit of a hotdog on the skateboard, always doing tricks for the crowd.[↗](../../hotdog/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hot dog\![↗](../../hotdog/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") We won!» shouted Uncle Joe.[↗](../../hotdog/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hotel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hotel is a building where people pay to sleep and eat when they are travelling or on holiday.[↗](../../hotel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We stayed at a hotel near the beach.[↗](../../hotel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel room had two beds and a view of the sea.[↗](../../hotel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We checked in at the hotel reception.[↗](../../hotel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A room at the hotel costs 80 dollars a night, so three nights cost 240 dollars.[↗](../../hotel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Always find the fire exit when you arrive at a hotel.[↗](../../hotel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel had a swimming pool on the roof.[↗](../../hotel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We are in the midst of Paris, in a great hotel.[↗](../../hotel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hothouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hothouse is a warm glass building where plants grow that could not live outside in cold weather.[↗](../../hothouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gardener kept orchids in the hothouse.[↗](../../hothouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tender plants need a hothouse in winter.[↗](../../hothouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The flowers in the hothouse were bright and rare.[↗](../../hothouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher grows tomatoes in a hothouse.[↗](../../hothouse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked through a hothouse full of tropical trees.[↗](../../hothouse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **hotly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With strong feeling, angrily or sharply: «I am back,» he said hotly.[↗](../../hotly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* With great energy and speed, as in «hotly pursued».[↗](../../hotly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "That's not fair!" she said hotly.[↗](../../hotly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hunter chased the deer hotly through the woods.[↗](../../hotly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He denied it hotly.[↗](../../hotly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two boys argued hotly about the game.[↗](../../hotly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox was hotly pursued by the hounds.[↗](../../hotly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.[↗](../../hotly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.10.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hotly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me?[↗](../../hotly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hotly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hotspot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hotspot is a place where there is a lot of a certain activity, such as a tourist hotspot or a crime hotspot.[↗](../../hotspot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Wi-Fi hotspot is a place or device that lets you connect to the internet without wires.[↗](../../hotspot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) A hotspot is a place where hot rock rises from deep in the Earth, making volcanoes, as under Hawaii or Iceland.[↗](../../hotspot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A biodiversity hotspot is an area with very many different kinds of plants and animals that are in danger.[↗](../../hotspot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Hawaiian islands formed over a volcanic hotspot.[↗](../../hotspot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The café has a free Wi-Fi hotspot.[↗](../../hotspot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum turned her phone into a hotspot for my tablet.[↗](../../hotspot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The beach is a tourist hotspot in summer.[↗](../../hotspot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot.[↗](../../hotspot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful what you share on public hotspots.[↗](../../hotspot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hound** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dog used for hunting, such as a foxhound or bloodhound, with a strong sense of smell.[↗](../../hound/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Any dog.[↗](../../hound/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To chase or bother someone again and again: «hounded by reporters».[↗](../../hound/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, in compounds) A person who is very keen on something: «a news hound».[↗](../../hound/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hounds followed the scent through the woods.[↗](../../hound/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bloodhound can follow a trail many hours old.[↗](../../hound/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our old hound sleeps by the fire.[↗](../../hound/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The famous singer was hounded by photographers.[↗](../../hound/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He hounded his dad for weeks until he got a new bike.[↗](../../hound/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective story is about a giant hound on the moor.[↗](../../hound/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hound immediately turned tail and fled.[↗](../../hound/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · By the "hounded line" and "unbounded line" trom which according to the Pythagoreans everything originated (Diels H. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../hound/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An hour is a length of time; it has sixty minutes.[↗](../../hour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An hour can mean a time of day: «at this hour».[↗](../../hour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Hours can mean the time when something is open or when someone works: «school hours».[↗](../../hour/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (casual) «Hours» can mean a long time, not counted: «I waited for hours!»; «hrs» and «hr» are short forms in texts and timetables.[↗](../../hour/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «The small hours» are the hours after midnight; «on the hour» means at 1:00, 2:00 and so on.[↗](../../hour/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (formal) Exams and notices say «per hour», «hourly», «a duration of», «hours of operation» and «elapsed time».[↗](../../hour/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many minutes are in 3 hours?[↗](../../hour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Max sleeps 9 hours each night.[↗](../../hour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An hour has 60 minutes.[↗](../../hour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A day has 24 hours.[↗](../../hour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The car drove at 60 kilometres per hour.[↗](../../hour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The roads are busy at rush hour.[↗](../../hour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We waited for half an hour.[↗](../../hour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus comes every hour, on the hour.[↗](../../hour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · back in an hr, chicken's in the oven[↗](../../hour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I've been waiting a bloody hour for this bus\![↗](../../hour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · A vehicle proceeds at a uniform rate of 60 kilometres per hour for a duration of 3 hours.[↗](../../hour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") Compute the distance travelled.[↗](../../hour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The library's hours are 9 to 5.[↗](../../hour/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He waited one hour, two hours.[↗](../../hour/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · With them He carved the Seven Firmaments and the Seven Earths and the Seven Hours; for this reason, He loved the Seventh Day more than any object under the heavens.[↗](../../hour/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../hour/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'[↗](../../hour/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hour/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote.[↗](../../hour/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hour/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **hourglass** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A glass timer with two bulbs joined by a narrow neck, where sand runs from the top to the bottom in a set time.[↗](../../hourglass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A shape narrow in the middle and wide at top and bottom, as in «an hourglass figure».[↗](../../hourglass/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turn the hourglass over and start drawing.[↗](../../hourglass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When the sand runs out, your turn is over.[↗](../../hourglass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard's hourglass was almost empty.[↗](../../hourglass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our egg timer is a little three-minute hourglass.[↗](../../hourglass/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A wasp has an hourglass shape.[↗](../../hourglass/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Time ran out like sand in an hourglass.[↗](../../hourglass/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hourly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hourly means happening every hour, once an hour.[↗](../../hourly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hourly means counted or paid by the hour: an hourly wage.[↗](../../hourly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adverb) Hourly can mean very often, any time now: «expected hourly».[↗](../../hourly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bus to town runs hourly.[↗](../../hourly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hourly pay is £12.[↗](../../hourly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She earns £12 an hour, so for 5 hours she earns £60.[↗](../../hourly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather app shows an hourly forecast.[↗](../../hourly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse checked his temperature hourly.[↗](../../hourly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The news is on hourly.[↗](../../hourly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They expect the baby to arrive hourly\![↗](../../hourly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **house** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A house is a building where a family lives.[↗](../../house/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A house can mean the people in it: «The whole house woke up».[↗](../../house/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In some schools, a house is a team that pupils belong to.[↗](../../house/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To house is to give a place to live or keep: «The museum houses old toys».[↗](../../house/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 6 houses on the street.[↗](../../house/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each house has 4 windows.[↗](../../house/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He visited 3 houses.[↗](../../house/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many rooms are in the house?[↗](../../house/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a tree house in the garden.[↗](../../house/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My house number is 12.[↗](../../house/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our house won the most points on sports day.[↗](../../house/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Know your address and how to call for help from your house.[↗](../../house/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?'[↗](../../house/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../house/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he was honoured above all the house of his father.[↗](../../house/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../house/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house; (Torah LEV.14.55, JPS 1917)[↗](../../house/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Nathan departed unto his house.[↗](../../house/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.12.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../house/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But the house of Judah followed David.[↗](../../house/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../house/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Do I change, O house of Jacob?[↗](../../house/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../house/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **housebound** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not able to leave your home, usually because you are ill, very old, disabled or looking after someone.[↗](../../housebound/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stuck indoors for a while because of bad weather, an injury or rules such as a lockdown.[↗](../../housebound/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My great-grandmother is housebound, so we visit her every Sunday.[↗](../../housebound/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The snowstorm left the whole village housebound for three days.[↗](../../housebound/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After breaking his leg, Tom was housebound and very bored.[↗](../../housebound/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class wrote cards for housebound people in the town.[↗](../../housebound/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The library delivers books to housebound readers.[↗](../../housebound/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Being housebound can make someone feel lonely, so a phone call helps.[↗](../../housebound/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum does the shopping for our housebound neighbour.[↗](../../housebound/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **housedog** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A housedog is a dog kept in a house or yard to guard it, not one used for hunting.[↗](../../housedog/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The housedog barked at the stranger at the gate.[↗](../../housedog/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our housedog sleeps by the back door.[↗](../../housedog/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A housedog guards the home at night.[↗](../../housedog/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer kept a hound for hunting and a housedog for the house.[↗](../../housedog/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The housedog was given meat to keep it quiet.[↗](../../housedog/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **housefly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A common small grey fly that lives near people and buzzes around houses, food and rubbish.[↗](../../housefly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A housefly landed on my sandwich.[↗](../../housefly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Houseflies spread germs, so cover your food.[↗](../../housefly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A housefly has two wings and six legs.[↗](../../housefly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Maggots grow into houseflies.[↗](../../housefly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The housefly buzzed against the window.[↗](../../housefly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A housefly tastes with its feet.[↗](../../housefly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **household** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A household is all the people who live together in one home.[↗](../../household/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, household means used in or about the home (household chores, household goods).[↗](../../household/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A household name is someone or something that almost everyone knows.[↗](../../household/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are five people in our household.[↗](../../household/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bleach and other household cleaners can be poisonous.[↗](../../household/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone in the household helps with the chores.[↗](../../household/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The survey asked how many pets each household has.[↗](../../household/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Spoons, plates and towels are household items.[↗](../../household/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That cartoon character is a household name.[↗](../../household/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Very interesting, indeed," said the mistress of the household.[↗](../../household/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff?[↗](../../household/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../household/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him.[↗](../../household/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../household/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · NOW THESE are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household: (Torah EXO.1.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../household/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then David returned to bless his household.[↗](../../household/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.6.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../household/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king went forth, and all his household after him.[↗](../../household/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.15.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../household/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.[↗](../../household/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../household/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **householder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who owns or rents a house and is responsible for it.[↗](../../householder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The council sent a letter to every householder about recycling.[↗](../../householder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Householders must keep the footpath outside their house clear.[↗](../../householder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each householder pays a water bill.[↗](../../householder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The householder came out to see why the dog was barking.[↗](../../householder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many householders put solar panels on their roofs.[↗](../../householder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Good, my son!" replied the prince, "thou wilt make a careful householder."[↗](../../householder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **househusband** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A man who stays at home to look after the house and children while his partner goes out to work.[↗](../../househusband/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle is a househusband and cooks amazing dinners.[↗](../../househusband/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad became a househusband when the twins were born.[↗](../../househusband/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The househusband did the washing and the shopping.[↗](../../househusband/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Being a househusband is hard work.[↗](../../househusband/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many families have a stay-at-home dad or househusband.[↗](../../househusband/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/32/) **33** [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/34/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/32/) - next →: [page 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/34/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)