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  • 21order — See: APPLE PIE ORDER, CALL TO ORDER, IN ORDER, IN ORDER TO, IN SHORT ORDER, JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED, MADE TO ORDER, OUT OF ORDER, PUT ONE S HOUSE IN ORDER or SET ONE S HOUSE IN ORDER, SHORT ORDER COOK, TO ORDER, WALKING PAPERS or WALKING… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 22house — See: boarding house reach, bring down the house, fun house, hash house, keep house, on the house, parish house, people who live in glass houses should not throw stones, plague on both your houses, put one s house in order or set one s house in… …

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  • 23order — See: apple pie order, call to order, in order, in order to, in short order, just what the doctor ordered, made to order, out of order, put one s house in order or set one s house in order, short order cook, to order, walking papers or walking… …

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  • 24house — I. noun /haʊs / (say hows) (plural houses /haʊzəz / (say howzuhz)) 1. a building for people to live in, usually one which is self contained and designed for a single family. 2. a place of lodgement, rest, etc., as of an animal. 3. a household. 4 …

  • 25house — 1 / haUs/ plural houses / haUziz/ noun (C) 1 WHERE YOU LIVE a) a building that you live in, especially one that has more than one level and is intended to be used by one family: a four bedroom house | Why don t you all come over to our house for… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26house */*/*/ — I UK [haʊs] / US noun Word forms house : singular house plural houses UK [ˈhaʊzɪz] / US [ˈhaʊzəz] 1) a) [countable] a building for living in, usually where only one family lives I d love a house with a garden. a three bedroom house move house (=… …

    English dictionary

  • 27house — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. abode, residence; chamber, legislature; firm, organization, company; family, ancestry, lineage. See business. v. t. shelter, protect; cover, contain, harbor. See party, covering. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 28house — house1 [ haus ] (plural houses [ hauzəz ] ) noun *** ▸ 1 building for living in ▸ 2 company/organization ▸ 3 restaurant/hotel etc. ▸ 4 area for audience ▸ 5 type of music ▸ 6 used in building names ▸ 7 old important family ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29house — noun haʊs (plural houses haʊzɪz) 1》 a building for human habitation.     ↘chiefly Scottish a dwelling that is one of several in a building.     ↘a building in which animals live or in which things are kept. 2》 a building in which people meet for… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30Order of Friars Minor —     Order of Friars Minor     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Friars Minor     (Also known as FRANCISCANS.) This subject may be conveniently considered under the following heads:     I. General History of the Order;     A. First Period (1209… …

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