open house
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.28 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A house habitually kept open to callers.
noun
An event, often in one's home, at which there are few restrictions regarding who and how many may attend.
noun
An event during which a facility or institution is open to the public for inspection or tour.
noun
A period of time, usually several hours in a day, during which a house which is for sale is open for inspection or tour by interested parties.
Australian usage; Canadian usage; American usage
Example Sentences
- "He keeps a kind of open house for all the respectable young men of the town who are staying in lodgings."
- "My secrets cry aloud. I have no need for tongue. My heart keeps open house, My doors are widely swung."
- "The founding secretary and treasurer are a well-known gay couple retired to the arid Mal[l]ee (a kind of small eucalypt tree) country near Swan Reach, about an hour and a half drive from Adelaide, where they keep virtually open house for gay men."
- "Over the year, we had been invited to many people′s homes, enjoying good food and warm hospitality. It had not been possible for us to reciprocate in every case, so we decided to invite everyone to an open house ‘barbie’-cum-buffet in order to say a mass farewell."
- "Visitors to the Wests′ weekend open houses would often include Gore Vidal, David Niven, Vatican power brokers, ex-Queen Frederica of Greece and members of various superrich families, including the Vanderbilts, Guggenheims and von Furstenbergs."
- "We′re holding an open house this weekend at 77 Parkway Road."
Usage
- Australian usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage