household Syllabification: (house·hold)Pronunciation: /ˈhousˌ(h)ōld/Translate household | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of household noun a house and its occupants regarded as a unit:the whole household was asleep ten percent of households had a television [as modifier]:household applianceshousehold in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of household in the British & World English dictionary