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house style

house style noun: all the characteristics, conventions and use of colour and language of a house (company, institution, website, etc.) that serve to make it distinct from others.

Noun

house style (plural house styles)

  1. All the characteristics, conventions and use of colour and language of a house (company, institution, website, etc.) that serve to make it distinct from others.
    • Don't take it personally if your editor imposes the Oxford comma — it's merely an aspect of house style.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see house, style; for example, residential decorating or architectural type.

Forms of house style

pluralhouse styles

Questions about house style

What does house style mean?
House style means all the characteristics, conventions and use of colour and language of a house (company, institution, website, etc.) that serve to make it distinct from others.
What part of speech is house style?
House style is a noun.
What is the plural of house style?
The plural of house style is house styles.

Words near house style in the dictionary

  1. house sparrow
  2. house sparrows
  3. house spider
  4. house spiders
  5. house spirit
  6. house style
  7. house styles
  8. house take
  9. House That Freddy Built
  10. house top
  11. house tops

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