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housewarmings

housewarmings is the plural of housewarming.

Meaning of housewarming

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

Questions about housewarmings

What is housewarmings the plural of?
Housewarmings is the plural of housewarming.

Words near housewarmings in the dictionary

  1. housewarmer
  2. housewarmers
  3. housewarming
  4. housewarming parties
  5. housewarming party
  6. housewarmings
  7. housewarms
  8. housewear
  9. housewide
  10. housewife
  11. housewife's eczema

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