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- [noun, adjective hous wawrm]
- /noun, adjective haʊs wɔrm/
- /haʊs ˈwɔː.mɪŋ/
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- [noun, adjective hous wawrm]
- /noun, adjective haʊs wɔrm/
Definitions of house-warming word
- noun house-warming a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home. 1
- noun house-warming a party given after moving into a new home 0
- noun house-warming (as modifier) 0
- noun house-warming Alternative spelling of housewarming. 0
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Origin of house-warming
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; house + warm + -ing1
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Parts of speech for House-warming
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
house-warming popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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