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summerhouse

[ suhm-er-hous ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural sum·mer·hous·es [suhm, -er-hou-ziz].

a simple, often rustic structure in a park or garden, intended to provide shade in the summer.

summerhouse

/ ˈsʌməˌhaʊs /

a small building in a garden or park, used for shade or recreation in the summer

First recorded in 1350–1400, summerhouse is from Middle English sumer hous. See summer ¹, house

The spot to which my companion led me was a ruined summerhouse, not a stone's throw from the outer garden hedge.

Greatly allarmed, they turned back, and told my grandmother that a strange man was lying in the summerhouse.

She was in the summerhouse up the garden with her treasures spread out before her.

I found the captain sitting in the summerhouse alone, without the usual solace of his tobacco and his October.

They ran into a wooden summerhouse, painted cunningly after the Chinese fashion, shut themselves in, and drew their swords.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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