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house

 
 
/haʊz/ verb [T]

Definition

GIVE HOME to give a person or animal a place to live: This development will house over 100 families.
PROVIDE SPACE to provide space for something: The museum houses a huge collection of paintings.
(Definition of house verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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