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summerhouse

noun
sum·​mer·​house | \ ˈsə-mər-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce summerhouse (audio) \

Definition of summerhouse

1 : a country house for summer residence
2 : a covered structure in a garden or park designed to provide a shady resting place in summer

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Synonyms for summerhouse

Synonyms

alcove, belvedere, casino, gazebo, kiosk, pavilion

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Examples of summerhouse in a Sentence

They have a summer house on the lake. the sudden shower had wedding guests scurrying to the safety of the garden's summerhouse

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Logan's summerhouse in the Hamptons was originally built in the 1960s for Henry Ford's grandson. — Hugh Hart, Fortune, "An Inside Look at ‘Succession’s’ Corporate Melodrama With Adam McKay and Kieran Culkin," 8 Sep. 2019 Old friends gather after their freshman year in college to rent a summerhouse on Lake Michigan and chase girls. — Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 1 - 7, 2019: John Wayne in ‘The Searchers’ and more," 30 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of summerhouse

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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summerhouse

noun

English Language Learners Definition of summerhouse

chiefly British : a covered structure in a garden or park that is used as a resting place in summer
: a house that someone lives in during the summer

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