housewarming party
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- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌwɜrmɪŋ ˈpɑrti/
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fiesta de inauguración
- Everyone is invited to our housewarming party to enjoy some food and make new friends.
- throw a housewarming party
Examples
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We're excited to celebrate our new home with a housewarming party this Saturday.
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So we stopped by Kleiner Perkins' housewarming party in San Francisco last night to get a look at the new digs and hear a bit more about the space.
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We should have a housewarming party.
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I have to go to a housewarming party tonight.
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Plus, think of all the great stories you can tell at the housewarming party.
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I'd like to welcome you all to our housewarming party.
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Hey, I guess I'm gonna see you at the housewarming party next weekend.
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He's having a housewarming party.
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My husband and I are having a housewarming party here on Friday and I would love it if you and your dad and Marcus all came over so we could kind of get acquainted.
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The clash between the modernist forces, the nationalists, and the fascists comes to a head when Fakhri decides to throw a housewarming party for her elegant friends from Tehran.
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Synonyms
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2.7
An event when people are invited to visit and feel welcome
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A party to celebrate moving into a new home and welcome friends
How Welcoming
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'housewarming' (an event celebrating a new home) with 'party' (a celebratory gathering); a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a celebration for moving into a new house. This compositional pattern is common and has clear parallels in many languages, so it should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The term housewarming party comes from an old custom of literally warming a new house: friends and family would bring wood, light fires or candles so the rooms were warm and ready. That's why today a housewarming party means a gathering to 'welcome' someone into their new home.