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HOUSE PARTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does house party mean?
• HOUSE PARTY (noun)
The noun HOUSE PARTY has 1 sense:
1. a party lasting over one or more nights at a large house
Familiarity information: HOUSE PARTY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A party lasting over one or more nights at a large house
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("house party" is a kind of...):
party (an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment)
Context examples
It was on that same house party that we had a curious conversation about driving a car.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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