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.

(usually in the plural, Britain) Point awarded to a member of the house of a grammar school or public school for sporting and other achievement.

The building in which a National (or State) Parliament convenes.

a company employed in fashion design; a couturier

A person who stays in your house to mind it while you are away.

A child's play house.

(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 housewife.

The universally common mouse of the species Mus musculus.

Alternative spelling of hothouse