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
No one was just driving around from open house to open house, and real estate agents weren’t about to ferry mere looky-loos around.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Fajman also encouraged participants to practice voting on current machines that were available at the open house, or to check out the machines used in earlier days.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
This year, village officials started hosting open houses to get a better idea of how to address the problem.
—Tara Molina, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
The university has held open houses, posted public information pages, and produced irreverent merch, but nothing seems to tamp down suspicion.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Fajman also encouraged participants to practice voting on current machines that were available at the open house, or to check out the machines used in earlier days.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
This year, village officials started hosting open houses to get a better idea of how to address the problem.
—Tara Molina, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
The university has held open houses, posted public information pages, and produced irreverent merch, but nothing seems to tamp down suspicion.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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 23 Mar. 2026.
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