open house
noun
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 in a Sentence
Westside High School will host an open house from 3 to 7 p.m. today, and all parents are invited to attend.
colleges holding open houses for prospective students
We held an open house last week in the hopes that someone would offer to buy our house.
They kept open house, and in the evenings neighbors would stop by to talk or play music.
They always kept an open house for visitors.
Recent Examples on the Web
Yet fans flock to it, with free tickets for the rare open house disappearing often in minutes.
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Todd Martens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2024
The public involvement meeting for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Reimagining WIS 175 Study will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Washington Park Senior Center, 4420 W. Vliet St.
The open house will feature preliminary alternatives for the Stadium Freeway/State Highway 175.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
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Todd Martens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2024
The public involvement meeting for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Reimagining WIS 175 Study will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Washington Park Senior Center, 4420 W. Vliet St.
The open house will feature preliminary alternatives for the Stadium Freeway/State Highway 175.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Open house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20house. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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