Phrase Hound found 49 phrases and 47 compound words that contain host. The most common are listed below. Open host in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 49
- web hostAlternative form of webhost: An Internet hosting service that hosts websites for clients.
- host family
- host countryA country in which an international event is held.
- host cellA living cell which harbours an infectious agent (such as a virus or bacterium).
- Host name
- Host Computer
- Host system
- Local host
- host cellsplural of host cell: A living cell which harbours an infectious agent (such as a virus or bacterium).
- host plantA plant that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other fauna.
- host responseThe reaction of a living system to the presence of a material.
- host rockThe background mineral material in which the object of study (crystals, fossils, specific minerals, groundwater, etc.) is embedded or through which it travels.
- air hostA male flight attendant; a steward.
- host speciesA species utilised by a brood parasite to raise young.
- jump hostSynonym of jump server: A hardened device on a network that spans two dissimilar security zones and provides a controlled means of access between them.
- host cityA city that is the host of an event and that provides the facilities for that event to take place.
- host countriesplural of host country: A country in which an international event is held.
- self-hostTo host something, such as a website, without the use of a third party.
- host familiesplural of host family
- definitive hostThe host in which a parasite reproduces sexually.
- co-hostA joint host alongside another (compare co-star).
- mine hostA person, such as a landlord, who receives or entertains guests.
- host desecrationThe sacrilegious mistreatment or malicious use of the host (consecrated bread of the Eucharist).
- host citiesplural of host city: A city that is the host of an event and that provides the facilities for that event to take place.
- opinion hostHost of an opinion show.
Compound words 47
- hostnameThe unique name by which any device attached to a computer network is known.
- localhostThe computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.
- webhostAn Internet hosting service that hosts websites for clients.
- hostaAny of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
- hostmasterA person responsible for managing domain name records within the Domain Name System or any individual computer (typically a server).
- newshostA host of a newsgroup.
- dehostTo cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.
- hostableCapable of being hosted.
- hostlessWithout a host.
- hostmaskOn IRC, a partial address that matches a number of hosts.