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

Foothill Club open house The Saratoga Foothill Club Historic Landmark Foundation will be hosting an open house on June 22 to celebrate the completion of the six-year restoration of its clubhouse. —Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 June 2025

In one memorable scene, the industrious little girl wanders out of a laundromat while Lu is off looking for more dough, finding her way into an open house for a multimillion dollar brownstone nearby. —Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025

There is no staging, no open houses, and none of the disruptions that can make listing through a typical real estate agent a headache. —Kc Property Group, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025

The open house will be 4 to 6 p.m. April 21 at Woodbury City Hall. —Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for open house

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse

Kids Definition

open house

noun

: usually informal hospitality or entertainment for all comers