| address |
An address is the information on a piece of mail that says where it should be sent. An address usually includes a house or building number, a street name, and a city and state. Sometimes it also includes a country name. [1/6 definitions] |
| agency |
An agency is a company or group that helps people do things, especially things that can be difficult to do just by themselves. Agencies do things like help people find a job or help people find an apartment or buy a house. Some agencies help companies find employees to work for them. Some agencies do a special kind of work that customers don't have the skill to do themselves. [1/2 definitions] |
| air conditioning |
When you have air conditioning in your house, it means that you have a system that cools the air inside your house. |
| anybody |
If there isn't anybody in the house, it means that there isn't any person in the house. |
| area |
An area is a part of space. When we imagine an area, we think of some space with a line around it. A town is an area. A garden is an area. Rooms are areas in a house. Very often, one area is part of a larger area. [1/3 definitions] |
| around |
When someone comes to your house and you show them around, you take them through the different parts of your house. [1/11 definitions] |
| as1 |
We often use "as" to say that two things happen at the same time. If you say that you walked into your house as the telephone rang, it means these two things happened at the same time. For this meaning, we often say "just as" instead of only "as." [1/6 definitions] |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. [1/2 definitions] |
| attic |
the space in a house directly beneath the roof. |
| backyard |
an open area behind a house that is part of the homeowner's property. |
| beyond |
When something is beyond something else, it is farther than that thing or later in time. When you walk beyond your neighbor's house, it means that you walk farther than their house. When you stay at school beyond three o'clock, it means that you stay at school later than three o'clock. [1/2 definitions] |
| bill1 |
A bill is a piece of paper that tells how much you have to pay for something. When you are done eating in a restaurant, the waiter brings the bill. If someone comes to your house to fix the roof, they will send a bill later to ask for money for the work they did. [1/4 definitions] |
| birdhouse |
something constructed by humans as a place for a bird to build its nest. A birdhouse often looks like a small, simple house. |
| bobcat |
a wild cat with red-brown fur, tufted ears, and a short tail. Bobcats are about twice the size of a house cat. They are a kind of lynx and live in southern Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Bobcats are carnivorous mammals. |
| break into |
If someone breaks into a house or other place, they break the lock on the door or enter in some other way using force, usually to steal things. [1/3 definitions] |
| brownie |
a small fairy or elf who is believed to do good things around the house in secret at night. [1/3 definitions] |
| building |
A building is a large structure that people have made, such as a house, a store, or a school. A building has a door, a roof, rooms, and outside walls. [1/2 definitions] |
| bungalow |
a small, cozy house; cottage. |
| burglary |
A burglary is a kind of crime. When someone breaks into a house or other building in order to steal something or do some other illegal thing there, it is called a burglary. |
| by |
"By" sometimes means "next to." If a house is by the lake, it means that the house is next to the lake. [2/9 definitions] |
| cabin |
a small house, usually built in a simple or rough way. [1/2 definitions] |