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

The innovative picture premiered on April 15 at Muvi Cinemas’ Imax at U Walk in downtown Riyadh to a full house comprising press, Arab celebrities and industry insiders. —Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025

Recommended Resilience Trump and Xi test rival styles of strongman leadership in tariff war Defying limitations Today, Somalia’s amputee soccer league has four teams, and the tournament Mr. Ali starred in in early March drew a full house. —Mohamed Sheikh Nor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025

On March 13, the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation convened a full house of fundholders at the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club for the inaugural session of its three-part series on homelessness prevention. —News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025

The first separates how close teams are to playing to a full house on a nightly basis so far this season. —Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

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