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

Ahead of Friday’s White House meeting, Zelensky appeared to suggest a trade of Ukrainian drones for US Tomahawks. —Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025

What’s left of it was led, at least for a while, by a 29-year-old White House appointee who helped craft Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint that broadly calls for the curtailment of civil rights enforcement. —J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025

Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA TODAY. —Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025

Meanwhile, Vance has increased his public profile through his key White House role and has led in polls and betting odds about who might be the heir to Trump. —Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 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