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OPEN HOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does open house mean?
• OPEN HOUSE (noun)
The noun OPEN HOUSE has 1 sense:
1. an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers
Familiarity information: OPEN HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An informal party of people with hospitality for all comers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("open house" is a kind of...):
party (a group of people gathered together for pleasure)
Context examples
“What!” he said, “not one word of prayer before God's own open house? How can ye hope for His blessing upon the day?”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you have an invitation to an open house, accept it!
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He would keep open house and entertain like a prince.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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