Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Household \House"hold`\, n.
   1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.

            And calls, without affecting airs, His household
            twice a day to prayers.               --Swift.

   2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] --Shak.

Household \House"hold`\, a.
   Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household
   furniture; household affairs.

   {Household bread}, bread made in the house for common use;
      hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.]

   {Household gods} (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the
      house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all
      objects endeared by association with home.

   {Household troops}, troops appointed to attend and guard the
      sovereign or his residence.

Source : WordNet®

household
     n : a social unit living together; "he moved his family to
         Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited
         until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how
         many people made up his home" [syn: {family}, {house}, {home},
          {menage}]