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.—
Michael Boudway
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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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
My previous experience was limited to a few college poker nights during which my friends would hastily explain the difference between a straight and a full house and then rake in my charitable contributions to their respective beer funds.
—Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Howard reminded him, to the cheers of the full house.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
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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
My previous experience was limited to a few college poker nights during which my friends would hastily explain the difference between a straight and a full house and then rake in my charitable contributions to their respective beer funds.
—Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Howard reminded him, to the cheers of the full house.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Full house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20house. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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