Would "house" be considered a PLACE or a THING?

Question

We're talkin second grade nouns here, but I think it goes either way. A house is a thing, but ALSO a place. The answer is place, but I think it's negotiable- teachers out there, let me know!

Answer 1

I think house is more a thing than a place. If you were to say home, then it would be a place.

Answer 2

A place refers to something specific or where something is...house is not specific and is not a place. There are many houses...only one is home which is a place.

Answer 3

a place is "a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object."

a house is "a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent."

i got that from dictionary.com

therefore, i think the answer is wrong. a house is not a place. a place is the actual space that an object occupies. a place does not refer to the actual object itself. for example, if you say, i want to go to my house, you're saying that you want to go to that space that your house occupies, not the house itself. and a house is a thing, because it is inanimate.

Answer 4

House as a thing would be where you live.
House as a place would be like "The house down the street."
House--with the "s" sounding like a "z"--is a verb: "The zoo houses many animals."

Answer 5

I would say a "house" is a thing, a "home" is a place, but you may just be getting into semantics.

Answer 6

wow .. good topic.
i guese almost any place could be called a thing then when ya think about it
( ie: if you where to go vist a monument , would you go to a place, or a thing )

i answeared this by saying... if i invited someone to my House.. would i tell them to come to my place, or to my thing ..

i'd call it a place

Answer 7

place! now im sorry but can u please go help me with my question you just answered! i meant to put 4a=2b

thanx!