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housewarming

housewarming noun: a party to celebrate moving into a new home.

Noun

housewarming (plural housewarmings)

  1. (idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
    • In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    house-heating
  2. The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
    • a housewarming gift
    • They had their first argument on the evening Gadney moved in, their housewarming spat, he later called it.2004, Jacob M Appel, “Gadney's Immunity”, in Southwest Review, volume 89, number 4, page 580

housewarming meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Persian

housewarming in Hindi

party
गृहप्रवेश gŕhapraveś

housewarming in Tamil

party
புதுமனை புகுவிழா putumaṉai pukuviḻā

housewarming in Kannada

ಮನೆಯೊಕ್ಕಲು, ಗೃಹಪ್ರವೇಶ

housewarming in Persian

party
ولیمه valime
More languagesFewer languages
housewarming in Thai
ขึ้นบ้านใหม่, งานขึ้นบ้านใหม่
housewarming in Vietnamese
ăn tân gia, lễ tân gia, tân gia
housewarming in Myanmar
အိမ်တက်မင်္ဂလာ imtakmangga.la

Synonyms of housewarming

Antonyms

Forms of housewarming

pluralhousewarmings
alternative formhouse warming
alternative formhouse-warming

Origin of housewarming

From house + warming.

Words formed from housewarming

Phrases with housewarming

Questions about housewarming

What does housewarming mean?
Housewarming means a party to celebrate moving into a new home.
What is housewarming in Hindi?
Housewarming in Hindi is गृहप्रवेश (gŕhapraveś). See Housewarming meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is housewarming?
Housewarming is a noun.
What is the plural of housewarming?
The plural of housewarming is housewarmings.

Words near housewarming in the dictionary

  1. housewares
  2. housewarm
  3. housewarmed
  4. housewarmer
  5. housewarmers
  6. housewarming
  7. housewarming parties
  8. housewarming party
  9. housewarmings
  10. housewarms
  11. housewear

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: housewarming (page history and authors); housewarming (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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