(UK, politics) The House of Commons and the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster.

(UK politics) The lower house of the British Parliament; a session of the house. / (Canada, politics) The lower house of the Canadian Parliament.

(UK, humorous euphemistic slang, dated) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. / (Scotland, humorous euphemistic slang, uncommon) A urinal.

A house habitually kept open to callers. / An event, often in one's home, at which there are few restrictions regarding who and how many may attend.

(law) Confinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.

A relatively inexpensive wine sold in a restaurant, often by the glass as well as by the bottle or unmarked carafe; both red and white are normally offered.

The universally common mouse of the species Mus musculus.

a company employed in fashion design; a couturier

(slang) Prison, jail. / (slang, obsolete) The workhouse. / A religious building of the Delaware Indians, representing the cosmos. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, house.

(slang) A hotel detective.