open house

open house

noun

Definition of OPEN HOUSE

1

: ready and usually informal hospitality or entertainment for all comers

2

: a house or apartment open for inspection especially by prospective buyers or tenants

Examples of OPEN HOUSE

1. Westside High School will host an open house from 3 to 7 p.m. today, and all parents are invited to attend.
2. colleges holding open houses for prospective students
3. We held an open house last week in the hopes that someone would offer to buy our house.
4. They kept open house, and in the evenings neighbors would stop by to talk or play music.
5. They always kept an open house for visitors.

First Known Use of OPEN HOUSE

15th century

Rhymes with OPEN HOUSE

barrelhouse, bawdy house, boardinghouse, body louse, cat and mouse, clearinghouse, coffeehouse, countinghouse, country house, customhouse, halfway house, house-to-house, jumping mouse, kilogauss, Lévi-Strauss, manor house, meetinghouse, Mickey Mouse, milligauss, motherhouse, on the house, opera house, overblouse, packinghouse, pilothouse, pocket mouse, porterhouse, powerhouse, shotgun house, slaughterhouse, sporting house, station house, sucking louse, sugarhouse, summerhouse, tiring-house, tower house, treasure-house, Westinghouse