household
part of speech
noun (a household, households); adjective (household)
meaning for a pupil
1) A household is all the people who live together in one home. tree →
2) As an adjective, household means used in or about the home (household chores, household goods). tree →
3) A household name is someone or something that almost everyone knows. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and social studies, surveys count people or pets per household. In safety lessons, household chemicals like bleach and cleaners must be kept away from small children. Households share chores and bills. Phrases: household chores, household items, head of the household, a household name.
examples
- There are five people in our household. tree →
- Bleach and other household cleaners can be poisonous. tree →
- Everyone in the household helps with the chores. tree →
- The survey asked how many pets each household has. tree →
- Spoons, plates and towels are household items. tree →
- That cartoon character is a household name. tree →
- "Very interesting, indeed," said the mistress of the household. tree →
note
Countable noun: households. One word. A household is the people, a house is the building; one house could have two households. In maths averages, «per household» means for each home.
In the corpora
- A chore chart lists the household jobs and who does each one, so work is shared fairly and nobody has to nag.
- And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him.
- Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff?
- NOW THESE are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household:
- Then David returned to bless his household.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «household» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.