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

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also did not immediately respond when asked via email whether the White House or anyone on the president’s behalf asked the Reagan Foundation to intervene. —Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025

Bukele in El Salvador got a White House visit and his government was rewarded for holding deportees. —Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025

To test if this really was a White House operation, Grace and I followed one of the trucks out of the golf course, past the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, to a path that normally leads to the White House but was blockaded. —Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025

Many on the left have been in an uproar of late, accusing Trump of damaging White House history as construction begins on a new White House ballroom. —Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025

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