Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A celebration of the occupancy of a new home.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A merrymaking entertainment to celebrate the entry of a family into a new home.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
house warming .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home
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Examples
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It could scarce be called a housewarming; for there was, of course, no fire, and with the two open doors and the open window gaping on the night, like breaches in a fortress, it began to grow rapidly chill.
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It could scarce be called a housewarming; for there was, of course, no fire, and with the two open doors and the open window gaping on the night, like breaches in a fortress, it began to grow rapidly chill.
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A different kind of housewarming « knitnut.net
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We're taking him sheets as a 'housewarming' gift, isn't that clever?
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We ought to give some kind of housewarming for the people about, now you've come back.
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Of course, the "housewarming" at the end of the Cure is intended not just as a chance to celebrate and share all the work you've done, but also as an incentive to help you plow through any remaining tasks and address areas where you may have fallen behind.
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As a housewarming present, Ms. Brickman framed Mr. Welch's dress-blue Marine uniform, with its golden sergeant's stripes and white gloves.
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On the day of Martin and Hilda's housewarming party in their new home, they fall victim to the local crime wave.
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I put her in this collage I made for Diana as a housewarming gift.
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The Kresge Foundation is stepping forward with a housewarming present of sorts for New York Live Arts, the newly created organization that merged Dance Theater Workshop and the Bill T.
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