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 events needn’t be fancy or cater to elites in order to be appropriate. —Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026

One former Biden White House aide, Rodericka Applewhaite, suggested that some Democrats on the ballot this fall were intentionally avoiding asking the former president to help with their campaigns. —ABC News, 6 June 2026

The new chair, along with multiple White House officials, have used the mid-1990s Fed under then-Chair Alan Greenspan as a template for a central bank that saw a productivity boom as a disinflationary force to counter a hot economy. —Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 June 2026

Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA TODAY. —Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 5 June 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