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

Gallatin, Liberty Creek, Station Camp, White House. —Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 31 July 2025

In 1974: President Richard Nixon handed the subpoenaed White House recordings to special prosecutor Leon Jaworski after being ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to do so. —Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 31 July 2025

Or how to play any tariff agreement that Trump’s White House announces between now and then matters, or merely tying up loose ends ahead of the bilateral deal on which 2025’s economic outlook likely turns. —William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025

Trump has also nominated White House lawyer Jennifer Mascott to a spot on the same appeals court that Bove is set to join. —Andrew Goudsward, USA Today, 30 July 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