full house
noun
plural full houses
1
: a poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair see poker illustration
2
: a theater, concert hall, etc. that is completely filled with spectators
Nevertheless, Into Great Silence played to a full house for two months at one of the city's hippest independent movie theaters.—
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Michael BoudwayExamples of full house in a Sentence
a singer performing before a full house
A hand with three kings and two tens is a full house.
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While the loss of Prescott is a blow to the Cowboys organization, the team tends to draw a full house regardless of who’s under center.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Expect to see a very full house when Carpenter returns to San Francisco for a gig on Nov. 9 at Chase Center.
Details: 7 p.m.; $475 and up (through resale markets, subject to change); ticketmaster.com.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
It’s squarely focused on ultra-premium travelers, with a full house (of 14 guests) at Noam Bora Bora starting at about $27,000 per night.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
Headlining the first of two nights at the Kia Forum going into the weekend, Musgraves played to a full house in Inglewood but, more importantly, to a house that valued being on her wavelength because there’s no one else in pop creating this exact waveform.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Expect to see a very full house when Carpenter returns to San Francisco for a gig on Nov. 9 at Chase Center.
Details: 7 p.m.; $475 and up (through resale markets, subject to change); ticketmaster.com.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
It’s squarely focused on ultra-premium travelers, with a full house (of 14 guests) at Noam Bora Bora starting at about $27,000 per night.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
Headlining the first of two nights at the Kia Forum going into the weekend, Musgraves played to a full house in Inglewood but, more importantly, to a house that valued being on her wavelength because there’s no one else in pop creating this exact waveform.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Full house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20house. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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