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house rule

house rule noun: a rule adopted by a particular establishment.

Noun

house rule (plural house rules)

  1. A rule adopted by a particular establishment.
    • A house rule was put into effect which set aside certain hours when the hall was to be used by white patrons only.2000, Charles Staples Magnum, The Legal Status of the Negro
    • There were a couple of strict house rules: no playing on the billiard table, which we had damaged twice; and no talking in bed.2000, Anthony Bailey, America Lost and Found: An English Boy's Wartime Adventure in the New World
  2. A rule used in playing a game that is not part of the official ruleset.

Forms of house rule

pluralhouse rules

Questions about house rule

What does house rule mean?
House rule means a rule adopted by a particular establishment.
What part of speech is house rule?
House rule is a noun.
What is the plural of house rule?
The plural of house rule is house rules.

Words near house rule in the dictionary

  1. house poor
  2. house proud
  3. house rat
  4. house rats
  5. house right
  6. house rule
  7. house rules
  8. house sat
  9. house show
  10. house shows
  11. house shrew

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