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

The deal would require Ukraine to give up its eastern Donbas region and Crimea, and swear off NATO membership, according to a draft shared publicly by a Ukrainian opposition politician and confirmed by a White House official. —Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025

Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA TODAY. —Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt warmly welcomed the news that 119,000 new jobs were added to the economy in September, more than double the number expected by the market. —Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2025

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff are in contact with both Moscow and Kyiv. —Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 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