houses
HOW-ziz/ˈhaʊzɪz/
- 1Plural of house. Use this form when you mean more than one house.
The two houses at the end of the street share a driveway.
Builders put up dozens of new houses near the river.
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- 2Third-person singular of house. Use it with he, she, or it for giving someone or something a place to stay.
The new shelter houses families who have nowhere else to go.
This building houses the town library and a small café.
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houses is a form of house
house, noun: A building that people live in, usually one family, not a flat in a bigger building. Full entry
- Forms
- househouses plural
- Spelling
- house → houses: add -s
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