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1 house-warming
noun (a party given after moving into a new house.) innflutningsteiti -
2 house-fly
noun (the common fly, found throughout the world.) stóra húsafluga -
3 house
1. plural - houses; noun1) (a building in which people, especially a single family, live: Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.) hús, bygging2) (a place or building used for a particular purpose: a hen-house; a public house.) hús, bygging3) (a theatre, or the audience in a theatre: There was a full house for the first night of the play.) leikhús, fullt hús4) (a family, usually important or noble, including its ancestors and descendants: the house of David.) ætt, kynkvísl2. verb1) (to provide with a house, accommodation or shelter: All these people will have to be housed; The animals are housed in the barn.) hÿsa2) (to store or keep somewhere: The electric generator is housed in the garage.) geyma, hÿsa•- housing- housing benefit
- house agent
- house arrest
- houseboat
- housebreaker
- housebreaking
- house-fly
- household
- householder
- household word
- housekeeper
- housekeeping
- houseman
- housetrain
- house-warming 3. adjectivea house-warming party.) innflutningsteiti- housework
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4 boarding-house
noun (a house where people live and take meals as paying guests.) gistiheimili -
5 opera-house
noun (a theatre in which operas are performed.) óperuhús, ópera -
6 slaughter-house
noun (a place where animals are killed in order to be sold for food; an abattoir.) sláturhús -
7 apartment
1) (a room, usually rented, in a private house.) herbergi2) (a flat.) íbúð3) (a single room in a house: a five-apartment house.) herbergi -
8 living-room
noun (the room of a house etc in which the occupants of the house usually sit during their leisure time.) (setu)stofa -
9 occupant
noun (a person who occupies (a house etc), not necessarily the owner of the house.) íbúi, leigjandi -
10 occupation
1) (a person's job or work.) starf2) (the act of occupying (a house, town etc).) búseta3) (the period of time during which a town, house etc is occupied: During the occupation, there was a shortage of food.) hernám -
11 parliament
(the highest law-making council of a nation - in Britain, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, considered together: an Act of Parliament.) (þjóð)þing, löggjafarþing -
12 upkeep
((the cost of) the process of keeping eg a house, car etc in a good condition: She can no longer afford the upkeep of this house.) viðhald -
13 headquarters
noun singular or plural ((often abbreviated to HQ [ei 'kju:] noun) the place from which the chief officers or leaders of an organization (especially an army) direct and control the activities of that organization: During the election, his house was used as the campaign headquarters.) höfuðstöðvar -
14 accommodation
1) (room(s) in a house or hotel in which to live, especially for a short time: It is difficult to find accommodation in London in August.) gistirúm2) (space for something: There is accommodation for your car behind the hotel.) rÿmi, stæði -
15 association
1) (a club, society etc.) félag, samtök2) (a friendship or partnership.) félagsskapur3) (a connection in the mind: The house had associations with her dead husband.) hugrenningatengsl -
16 backyard
noun ((especially American) a garden at the back of a house etc: He grows vegetables in his backyard.) bakgarður -
17 bathroom
1) (a room in a house etc which contains a bath.) baðherbergi2) ((especially American) a lavatory.) salerni -
18 bluebottle
noun (a kind of large house-fly with a blue abdomen.) fiskifluga, maðkafluga, húsfluga -
19 boarder
noun (a person who temporarily lives, and takes his meals, in someone else's house.) maður sem leigir og er í föstu fæði; leigjandi og kostgangari -
20 bucket
(a container for holding water, milk etc: We carried water in buckets to the burning house.)
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