Italian-English Dictionary

A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10th c.]

(Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building within a public housing estate.

(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. [from 14th c.]

The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

(board games) A portable surface marked for playing a game, and on which the counters or other pieces are placed and moved.

Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)

An area which can be regarded as belonging to a person privately, in which to place belongings etc.

One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.

A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). [from 10th c.]

(politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. [from 10th c.]

A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. [from 10th c.]

(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

A house of prostitution.

(uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.

A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at,‎ home. In one's place of residence.

(internet) To the home page.

At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.

(countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

(military) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.

The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.

(US) The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.

(US, metonym) The US presidency and its administration.

A company that produces books, magazines, brochures and other texts in print or electronic form.

(intransitive) To become married (to someone).