fun house
nounDefinition of fun house
: a building in an amusement park that contains various devices designed to startle or amuse
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The interior of the sacred space, which is located in west-central Thailand, calls to mind a house of mirrors like the ones typically found inside a fun house. — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, "Six of Thailand’s Most Magnificent Temples," 2 Aug. 2019 This, combined with Jupiter (Mr. Lucky) in your fun house, places you directly in the catbird seat. — SFChronicle.com, "Minerva’s horoscope for week of July 28," 28 July 2019 The Persian Kamel is a fun house that fairgoers walk through rather than ride, complete with a tilting bridge and moving stairs. — Jenny Whidden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Here's your guide to the rides at the 2019 Waukesha County Fair," 19 July 2019 Its windowless exterior says funeral home more than fun house, but inside, a man-cave atmosphere prevailed: small clusters of people playing pool or stroking their dogs behind the ears. — New York Times, "In Charleston, Beer Gets Its Own Neighborhood," 25 Apr. 2018 But their fun house scale — cups, umbrella, and all are each about the size of an ottoman — and slightly abstracted color are enough to put them into a strange virtual territory somewhere between trompe l’oeil and the uncanny valley. — Will Heinrich, New York Times, "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week," 13 June 2018 Thurber makes that trickery explicit by setting one action scene in a fun house hall of mirrors, a derivative trompe l’oeil conceit of which the filmmakers prove far too enamored. — Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Dwayne Johnson scales the heights in the thrillingly dumb 'Skyscraper'," 11 July 2018 Cynthia Rowley’s West Village brownstone is definitely a fun house. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "Cynthia Rowley’s West Village Home Is Full of Unconventional Delights," 29 June 2018 Sephoria is inviting guests to get lost in a makeup and skin-care fun house. — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, "Sephora Is Making Its Own Version of Beautycon," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fun house.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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