full housenoun
uk/ˌfʊl ˈhaʊs/us/ˌfʊl ˈhaʊs/full house noun (AUDIENCE)
[ C usually singular ] a situation in which every seat in a cinema, theatre, concert, etc. is filled:
We're expecting a full house tonight.
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Theatre auditorium & front-of-house
- aisle
- auditorium
- balcony
- booking office
- box
- box office
- circle
- dress circle
- foyer
- front
- front-of-house
- god
- house
- house lights
- mezzanine
- mosh pit
- orchestra
- out front idiom
- pit
- stall
full house noun (CARD GAME)
[ C ] an occasion when a card player has three cards of one type and two cards of another:
Steve won the poker game with a full house.
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Card games
- bridge
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- dealer
- diamond
- discard
- flush
- grand slam
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- rummy
- shuffle
- singleton
- snap
- strip poker
- suit
- trump
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