Meanings
nounhouse cooling party (plural house cooling parties)
plural house cooling parties
- idiomaticA party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.
Origin
Coined as an opposite of housewarming.
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house cooling party. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20cooling%20party
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“house cooling party.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20cooling%20party. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house cooling party,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20cooling%20party.
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