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.
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Opening week features a conversation with Cory Doctorow and an open house for local authors.
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Celebrate the season on Salem Street, downtown’s main street, with a number of holiday sales, open houses, pop-up markets, live music performances, and kid’s activities happening throughout the season.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
In practice, agencies often hold public meetings or open houses to explain proposals.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
Three-year-old Roman Williams insisted on bringing his favorite neighbors, Suzie and Wade Fulghum, to his preschool open house — a friendship years in the making.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Celebrate the season on Salem Street, downtown’s main street, with a number of holiday sales, open houses, pop-up markets, live music performances, and kid’s activities happening throughout the season.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
In practice, agencies often hold public meetings or open houses to explain proposals.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
Three-year-old Roman Williams insisted on bringing his favorite neighbors, Suzie and Wade Fulghum, to his preschool open house — a friendship years in the making.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for open house
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“Open house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20house. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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