hause

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UK/hɔːs/

noun

A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.

OriginMiddle English halse →
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Meanings

hause1

nounhause (plural hauses)

plural hauses

  1. obsoletenauticalObsolete form of hawse.
  2. Northern EnglandScotlandA col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.

Hause2

proper nounHause (plural Hauses)

plural Hauses

  1. A surname.

Origin

hause · noun

  1. Middle Englishhalse“neck”
  2. Englishhause

A variant, like hawse (“part of a vessel's bow containing hawseholes”), of Middle English halse (“neck”); see hawse for more.

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Hause · proper noun

From the German surname, variant of Haus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

hause. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hause

MLA

“hause.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hause. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hause,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hause.

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