housewarming en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From house + warming.
Meanings
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(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:
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The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
a housewarming gift
Fortunately, Dave had left them a packet of rollie tobacco and papers for a housewarming
2011, John Kinsella, The Offering: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| housewarmings | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| house warming | alternative | lexicographic | |
| house-warming | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (41)
de Einweihungsparty (party) · vi ăn tân gia (party) · hu házszentelés (act) · et soolaleib (party) · sk kolaudácia (party) · th งานขึ้นบ้านใหม่ (party) · pt festa de inauguração (da casa nova) (party) · hu lakásavatás (act) · fr pendaison de crémaillère (party) · pl parapetówka (party) · fi tupaantuliainen (act) · vi lễ tân gia (party) · ta புதுமனை புகுவிழா (party) · nl huiswarming (party) · hu házavató (party) · nl instuif (party) · mi kawanga whare (party) · uk новосі́лля (party) · fi tupaantuliaiset (party) · my အိမ်တက်မင်္ဂလာ (party) · hu lakásavató (party) · ko 집들이 (party) · et soolaleivapidu (party) · nb innvielsesfest (party) · cmn 喬遷之喜 /乔迁之喜 (party) · hu házszentelő (party) · tr yeni eve taşınma partisi (party) · hu lakásszentelő (party) · th ขึ้นบ้านใหม่ (party) · cs kolaudace (party) · vi tân gia (party) · cmn 喬遷宴 /乔迁宴 (party) · hi गृहप्रवेश (party) · be навасе́лле (party) · fa ولیمه (party) · ru новосе́лье (party) · ja 新築祝い (party) · sv inflyttningsfest (party) · fi tuparit (party) · hu házavatás (act) · hu lakásszentelés (act)