show house

Or showhouse

noun

1. theater.

show house

noun

1. a house on a new estate that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view

Word History and Origins

Origin of show house¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

When the 49th Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris called, Scott Evans, the host of the YouTube interview show “House Guest,” answered in disbelief.

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Before joining Fox News, Steve Doocy was a features reporter at the Washington, D.C., station WRC-TV, a host for daytime NBC talk show “House Party,” and a host on the cable network America’s Talking, which was the precursor to MSNBC.

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A London actor who starred in hit TV show House of the Dragon has called for better language for people with facial scarring.

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Richard Osman, who still appears alongside Armstrong on Pointless Celebrities as well as fronting his own show House of Games, would also probably appear if the rules were different, as would quiz show hosts Ross Kemp, Sandi Toksvig and Victoria Coren-Mitchell.

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“The jobs that people are aspiring to — whether that’s agent, whether that’s manager, whether that’s creative exec or producer — those jobs are seeing their pay decrease drastically because of what’s going on with the studios,” says Alper, who got her start as a writer’s assistant on the Fox TV show “House” more than a decade ago.

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