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

States that don't go along with the executive order are at risk of losing federal funding, a White House official told CBS News earlier this week. —Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026

The president held a White House event in December to announce that nine companies − Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, Gilead, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi − had agreed to cut prices. —Zac Anderson, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026

Kathryn Ruemmler, former White House counsel to President Obama, resigned from her senior role at Goldman Sachs after emails revealed a longstanding friendship with Epstein, who gifted her designer Hermès items. —Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026

This year’s White House document, prepared by Budget Director Russ Vought, is intended to provide a road map from the president to Congress as lawmakers build their own budgets and annual appropriations bills to keep the government funded. —ABC News, 2 Apr. 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