housewarming

[ hous-wawr-ming ]

/ ˈhaʊsˌwɔr mɪŋ /

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noun

a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.

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Origin of housewarming

First recorded in 1570–80; house + warm + -ing¹

Words nearby housewarming

house trailer, house-train, house-trained, House Un-American Activities Committee, housewares, housewarming, housewife, housewifely, housewifery, housewifey, housework

How to use housewarming in a sentence

Several city councilmen stood on the porch with housewarming gifts.
Occupy Our Homes: Wall Street Protests’ New Frontier|Michelle Goldberg|December 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I'm going to give a housewarming soon, and I came over to ask Williams here where he bought his graphophone and records.
Green Valley|Katharine Reynolds
And they say that Bernard Rollins, the portraiture man, is mixed up in the housewarming too.
Green Valley|Katharine Reynolds
The affair culminated last evening, the nuptial ceremony being a housewarming tendered by the club.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2)|Ida Husted Harper

I have now to tell how Aunt Angela was as good as her word about the housewarming of her new abode.
The Debit Account|Oliver Onions
They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for housewarming

house-warming