White House


nounthe White House
  1. the official Washington residence of the president of the US

  2. the US presidency

Words Nearby White House

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How to use White House in a sentence

  • She had lived twenty-five years up-stairs and down-stairs in that White House with the lilac shrubbery and low iron fence.

    Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
  • The little White House of Skipper Randulf stood on an elevation, looking over the bay and the fjord.

    Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
  • Not once upon a time but just now, in a White House by the side of a road, live three happy children.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
  • Twice he had dined at the White House, and his name was frequently in the list of guests at other dinners and functions.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • I live not unpleasantly, in a round of Ministerial dinners; but I am impatient to see my White House at Brighton.

Cultural definitions for White House

White House

The mansion of the president of the United States in Washington, D.C. The White House contains reception and dining rooms, living quarters for the president and the president's family, the president's Oval Office, and offices for the presidential staff.

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