/ Dictionary / Index H household: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: house•hold Pronunciation: (hous'hōld", -ōld"), [key] — n. the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants. —adj. of or pertaining to a household: household furniture. for use in maintaining a home, esp. for use in cooking, cleaning, laundering, repairing, etc., in the home: a household bleach. common or usual; ordinary. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: household (Thesaurus) houseguest household ammonia Related Content Daily Word Quiz: heifer Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language