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How to pronounce household
Say it like this: /ˈhaʊshoʊld/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does household mean?
nounAll the persons who live in a given house or other home; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
“And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.”
Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.
Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.
adjBelonging to the same house and family.
Found in or having its origin in a home.
Widely known to the public; familiar.
“a household word; a household name”
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