house

nouncountable and uncountableA1US /haʊ̯s/ /haʊs/

A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

A container; a thing which houses another.
Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
The people who live in a house; a household.
A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).

A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).

A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
A workhouse.historical

The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
A place of rest or repose.figuratively
A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
The fourth Lenormand card.
The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
Lotto; bingo.
A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
A small stand of trees in a swamp.US, dialectal
A set of cells in a sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box.
The end zone.slang
House music.

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After that, I left, but then I realized that I forgot my backpack at their house.

If I showed you my house, my neighborhood back then, would you understand where I am from?