Collocations for "household"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "household" in context.
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household
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [three] -person household
- a household of [three] people
- the [average, median, normal] household
- for the entire household
- in [our, this] household, we [try, speak, eat, do not]
- in every household in [America]
- every household should have
- no household is complete without
- the whole household was [eating, watching TV, sleeping]
- the [leader, breadwinner, head] of the household
- the size of your household
- household [appliances, bills, furniture, maintenance]
- household [bleach, ammonia, items, products, goods]
- household [members, income, size]
- a household [survey, poll, questionnaire]
- a household [issue, decision, dilemma]
- a household name in [technology, fashion, cleaning]
- [is, has become] a household name
'household' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
appliance
- average
- aware
- bleach
- brand
- chore
- cleaner
- cleaning
- consumption
- electronic
- expenditure
- expense
- head
- implement
- improvement
- income
- junk
- landfill
- marketing
- mistress
- product
- repair
- retainer
- royal
- servant
- sewage
- sewer
- shop
- shopping
- spend
- waste
- wear