full house

noun

plural full houses

1

: a poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair see poker illustration

2

: a theater, concert hall, etc. that is completely filled with spectators

Nevertheless, Into Great Silence played to a full house for two months at one of the city's hippest independent movie theaters.

—Michael Boudway

Examples of full house in a Sentence

a singer performing before a full house

A hand with three kings and two tens is a full house.

Recent Examples on the Web

Blanchard said to the full house of jazz lovers assembled at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco on Thursday (May 28). —Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 29 May 2026

The two restaurants are new in Benbrook, packing a full house at night for burgers, fajitas and drinks. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2026

Jodie Sweetin thinks Lori Loughlin's life has been improved by having a less full house. —Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026

Films can play to full houses and still struggle to convert that momentum. —Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for full house

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse