English
Noun
open house (plural open houses)
- A house habitually kept open to callers.
1839, Samuel Butler, The Hand-Book for Australian Emigrants: Being a Descriptive History of Australia, page 67:He keeps a kind of open house for all the respectable young men of the town who are staying in lodgings.
1941, Theodore Roethke, “Open House”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC, page 3:My secrets cry aloud.
I have no need for tongue.
My heart keeps open house,
My doors are widely swung.
1997, Les K. Wright, The Bear Book: Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture, page 227: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.
- An event, often in one's home, at which there are few restrictions regarding who and how many may attend.
2006, Geoff Porter, Little Bites of Australia, page 265: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.
2011, Kate Askew, Dot. Bomb Australia: How We Wrangled, Conned and Argie-Bargied Our Way into the New Digital Universe, page 44: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.
- An event during which a facility or institution is open to the public for inspection or tour.
- (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) 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.
We′re holding an open house this weekend at 77 Parkway Road.
2009, Peter Yong Huang, The Australian Dream and $1 Properties, page 133:I took my sign out of the boot and put it up that morning, then arranged the advertising and open house viewings as soon as I returned to my office.
2011, Danielle Kennedy, Warren Jamison, How to List and Sell Real Estate, 4th edition, page 155:Avoid boredom. Avoid starvation. Why hang around a homeowner′s refrigerator all day while sitting at a deadbeat open house? Do what they have done in Australia for years. Hold multiple open houses in one day.
- (US, education) A casual school event where the school invites parents or guardians to tour their child's school and meet the teachers.
Synonyms
- (casual event for inspecting facility): open day
Translations
event at home open to many
event where a facility or institution is open to the public for inspection or tour
(chiefly US, Australian) time when a house for sale is open for inspection
(US) casual school event to which the school invites parents or guardians
Finnish
Etymology
< English open house
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈou̯p(ː)en ˈhɑu̯s/, [ˈo̞u̯p(ː)e̞n ˈhɑ̝u̯s̠]
Noun
open house
- synonym of avoimet ovet (“open house”)
Declension
| Inflection of open house (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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open house
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open houset
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open housen
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open housejen
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open housea
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open houseja
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open houseen
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open houseihin
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open house
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open houset
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open house
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open houset
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open housen
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open housen
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open housejen
open housein rare
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open housea
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open houseja
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open housessa
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open houseissa
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open housesta
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open houseista
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open houseen
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open houseihin
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open housella
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open houseilla
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open houselta
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open houseilta
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open houselle
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open houseille
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open housena
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open houseina
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open houseksi
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open houseiksi
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open housetta
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open houseitta
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open housein
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See the possessive forms below.
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open houseni
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open houseni
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open houseni
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open houseni
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open houseni
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open houseni
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open housejeni
open houseini rare
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open houseani
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open housejani
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open housessani
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open houseissani
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open housestani
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open houseistani
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open houseeni
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open houseihini
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open housellani
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open houseillani
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open houseltani
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open houseiltani
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open houselleni
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open houseilleni
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open housenani
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open houseinani
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open housekseni
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open houseikseni
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open housettani
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open houseittani
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open houseineni
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open housesi
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open housesi
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open housesi
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open housesi
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open housesi
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open housesi
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open housejesi
open houseisi rare
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open houseasi
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open housejasi
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open housessasi
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open houseissasi
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open housestasi
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open houseistasi
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open houseesi
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open houseihisi
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open housellasi
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open houseillasi
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open houseltasi
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open houseiltasi
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open housellesi
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open houseillesi
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open housenasi
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open houseinasi
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open houseksesi
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open houseiksesi
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open housettasi
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open houseittasi
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open houseinesi
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open housemme
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open housemme
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open housemme
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open housemme
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open housemme
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open housemme
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open housejemme
open houseimme rare
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open houseamme
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open housejamme
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open housessamme
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open houseissamme
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open housestamme
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open houseistamme
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open houseemme
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open houseihimme
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open housellamme
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open houseillamme
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open houseltamme
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open houseiltamme
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open housellemme
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open houseillemme
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open housenamme
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open houseinamme
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open houseksemme
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open houseiksemme
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open housettamme
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open houseittamme
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open houseinemme
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open housenne
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open housenne
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open housenne
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open housenne
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open housenne
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open housenne
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open housejenne
open houseinne rare
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open houseanne
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open housejanne
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open housessanne
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open houseissanne
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open housestanne
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open houseistanne
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open houseenne
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open houseihinne
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open housellanne
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open houseillanne
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open houseltanne
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open houseiltanne
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open housellenne
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open houseillenne
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open housenanne
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open houseinanne
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open houseksenne
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open houseiksenne
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open housettanne
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open houseittanne
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open houseinenne
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open housensa
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open housensa
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open housensa
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open housensa
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open housensa
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open housensa
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open housejensa
open houseinsa rare
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open houseaan
open houseansa
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open housejaan
open housejansa
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open housessaan
open housessansa
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open houseissaan
open houseissansa
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open housestaan
open housestansa
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open houseistaan
open houseistansa
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open houseensa
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open houseihinsa
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open housellaan
open housellansa
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open houseillaan
open houseillansa
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open houseltaan
open houseltansa
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open houseiltaan
open houseiltansa
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open houselleen
open housellensa
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open houseilleen
open houseillensa
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open housenaan
open housenansa
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open houseinaan
open houseinansa
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open housekseen
open houseksensa
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open houseikseen
open houseiksensa
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open housettaan
open housettansa
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open houseittaan
open houseittansa
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open houseineen
open houseinensa
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