White House

noun

-ˌhau̇s 

1

: a residence of the president of the U.S.

2

: the executive department of the U.S. government

Examples of White House in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not deny the reports. —CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026

In addition, White House officials were stating publicly that Flynn and Kislyak had not discussed sanctions, which the FBI knew was untrue. —Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026

Before that White House event, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a general license that allows certain transactions with companies that would otherwise be banned from doing business with American businesses under the Belarusian sanctions. —ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026

Trump’s White House has been dismissive of Springsteen’s resistance activism in recent months. —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

the White House, mansion in Washington, D.C., assigned to the use of the president of the U.S.

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for White House

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse