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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At the open house, whoever is interested in fermentation can see, smell and taste what fermentation is about.
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Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Her photo may have been prominently displayed, along with Aurora matriarch Marie Wilkinson’s, when the Quad County Urban League celebrated its 50th anniversary at Monday’s open house, but Theodia Gillespie was determined to keep the focus of this event on others.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
The open house doubles as an art exhibition featuring local artists.
—Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025
Ramsey and Eddie, who was 12 at the time, were in the shop that morning preparing for a Christmas open house later in the day, when clerk noticed flames in the ceiling above the coffee maker.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Her photo may have been prominently displayed, along with Aurora matriarch Marie Wilkinson’s, when the Quad County Urban League celebrated its 50th anniversary at Monday’s open house, but Theodia Gillespie was determined to keep the focus of this event on others.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
The open house doubles as an art exhibition featuring local artists.
—Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025
Ramsey and Eddie, who was 12 at the time, were in the shop that morning preparing for a Christmas open house later in the day, when clerk noticed flames in the ceiling above the coffee maker.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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