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housewide

housewide adjective: throughout a house.

Adjective

housewide (not comparable)

  1. Throughout a house.
    • The couple listed the house for $1,649,900, substantially more than the $1.35 million they paid in January 2005, but it was warranted, they thought, given their many improvements, including extensive landscaping and a housewide audio system.2008 June 15, Lisa Prevost, “House Won’t Sell? Turn It Into a B&B”, in New York Times

Origin of housewide

From house + -wide.

Questions about housewide

What does housewide mean?
Housewide means throughout a house.
What part of speech is housewide?
Housewide is an adjective.

Words near housewide in the dictionary

  1. housewarming parties
  2. housewarming party
  3. housewarmings
  4. housewarms
  5. housewear
  6. housewide
  7. housewife
  8. housewife's eczema
  9. housewifed
  10. housewifedom
  11. housewifehood

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