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Definition of
household name noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
household name
noun
noun
(
less frequent
household word
)
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a name that has become very well known
She became a household name in the 1960s.
See
household name
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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household name
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household
noun
householder
noun
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