1. [noun] Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
2. [noun] (obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.
3. [adjective] Belonging to the same house and family.
4. [adjective] Of anything found in or having its origin in a home.
5. [noun] A social unit living together; 'he moved his family to Virginia'; 'It was a good Christian household'; 'I waited until the whole house was asleep'; 'the teacher asked how many people made up his home'.