open house
nounDefinition of open house
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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To celebrate and promote the new school, Diablo Ballet is holding a family day fashion and food show at 11 a.m. Aug. 17 at Macy’s in Walnut Creek’s Broadway Plaza, and an open house at its Pleasant Hill school site at 11 a.m. Aug. 18. — Randy Mcmullen, The Mercury News, "Diablo Ballet will open a dance school in Pleasant Hill," 10 Aug. 2019 Cleanups have been held monthly since May. Costa Mesa to discuss small cell facilities The Costa Mesa City Council will hold an open house about small cell facilities Tuesday. — Daily Pilot, "Around Town: George Thorogood, Live and Bush among headliners of upcoming Pacific Amphitheatre concerts," 8 Aug. 2019 The Eating Recovery Center Insight Behavioral Health facility held an open house on June 27 to let the public tour the space. — Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com, "Eating recovery, behavioral health facility for children to open in Northbrook," 2 July 2019 Ribbon cuttings The Katy Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a pair of ribbon cuttings and open houses for businesses in the coming week. — Roy Kent, Houston Chronicle, "THIS WEEK: Katy ISD may take steps toward naming next high school," 23 June 2019 The Tollway will hold an open house to provide information on the next phase from 4 to 7 p.m. June 25 at the Illinois Department of Employment Security office at 16845 S. Halsted St., Harvey. — Mike Nolan, Daily Southtown, "Work to start on next phase of linking I-294 and I-57," 11 June 2019 FALLBROOK Historical Society holds open house The Fallbrook Historical Society holds its Annual General Membership Meeting and Community Open House at 1 p.m. Saturday in The Barn on the Society’s Heritage Center grounds at 1730 Hill Ave. — Linda Mcintosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Library's Royal tea raises nearly 10K ... community news," 29 May 2018 The meeting will include a presentation on the proposed consent decree and how to submit comments, a question and answer session, and an open house with fact sheets and other information, Johnson said. — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, "Environmental groups to host session on U.S. Steel spill consent decree," 21 May 2018 The Big Bend Fire Department is having a pancake breakfast and open house May 6 at Big Bend Fire Station No. 1, W230 S9185 Nevins St., Big Bend. — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Crawl for art in downtown Waukesha May 5," 30 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'open house.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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