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house party

house party noun: a social gathering at someone's house, generally with music, drinking, etc.

Noun

house party (plural house parties)

  1. A social gathering at someone's house, generally with music, drinking, etc.
  2. (archaic) The guests staying at a given house, as opposed to those visiting for the day.
    • The house-party consisted of twelve people, and there were more expected to arrive on the next day.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XVII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 288
    • The difference between Aunt Sadie and Uncle Matthew was not as to whether Lord Merlin should or should not be asked to the ball […], but whether he should be asked to bring a house party.1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin, published 2010, page 39

Forms of house party

pluralhouse parties

Questions about house party

What does house party mean?
House party means a social gathering at someone's house, generally with music, drinking, etc.
What part of speech is house party?
House party is a noun.
What is the plural of house party?
The plural of house party is house parties.

Words near house party in the dictionary

  1. house organ
  2. house organs
  3. house painter
  4. house painters
  5. house parties
  6. house party
  7. house phone
  8. house phones
  9. house plant
  10. house plants
  11. house plunder

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