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
The family’s flashy open houses and intimate dinner parties were featured in a puff piece in Newsday in 1983.
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Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Tentative plans are for an open house to be held in early December.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
The open house was that Sunday.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Several open houses and a virtual meeting are scheduled for the coming days to gather public feedback.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
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Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Tentative plans are for an open house to be held in early December.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
The open house was that Sunday.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Several open houses and a virtual meeting are scheduled for the coming days to gather public feedback.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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