household UK /ˈhaʊshəʊld/US /ˈhaʊshoʊld/noun 4adjective 3forms 1 noun4 •a group of people who share one home and its daily life, whether or not they are a familyAnd calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers. — 1732 •Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together. •Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household. •(no longer used) A line of ancestry; a race or house.In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, / My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame. — 1591 adjective3 •Belonging to the same house and family. •Found in or having its origin in a home. •Widely known to the public; familiar. formshouseholds
