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
Anyone unable to attend the in-person open house will be able to find materials from the open house posted on the project’s website following the in-person event.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
Head to the Clarendon Park Community Center for a spring open house of the Garfield-Clarendon Model Railroad Club, established in 1947.
—Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
This summer and fall, SDG&E plans to host in-person open houses for people to ask direct questions and find out more about the project and its proposed route.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
Kayatta, who attended the open house at Jablonski’s invitation, said SCUSD had many students and families with high needs and that they couldn’t all be met.
—Graham Womack
may 9, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
Head to the Clarendon Park Community Center for a spring open house of the Garfield-Clarendon Model Railroad Club, established in 1947.
—Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
This summer and fall, SDG&E plans to host in-person open houses for people to ask direct questions and find out more about the project and its proposed route.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
Kayatta, who attended the open house at Jablonski’s invitation, said SCUSD had many students and families with high needs and that they couldn’t all be met.
—Graham Womack
may 9, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
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“Open house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20house. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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