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
Real estate agents are holding about 20 open houses at historic homes in about a dozen Phoenix historic neighborhoods this weekend.
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The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design is having a haunted open house with vendors, spooky stories from Haunts of Richmond storytellers, plus tarot readings and cocktails.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
The Verge earlier reported some details of the open house.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The idea of an open house comes up in another story.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
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The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design is having a haunted open house with vendors, spooky stories from Haunts of Richmond storytellers, plus tarot readings and cocktails.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
The Verge earlier reported some details of the open house.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The idea of an open house comes up in another story.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
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“Open house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20house. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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