dollhouse

noun

doll·​house ˈdäl-ˌhau̇s 

ˈdȯl-

variants or less commonly doll's house or dolls' house

1

: a child's small-scale toy house

2

: a dwelling so small as to suggest a house for dolls

Examples of dollhouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The story follows Gabby and her Grandma Gigi, who team up to take back the dollhouse from an eccentric cat lady named Vera. —Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 13 May 2025

As a testament to my Gorey-esque bona fides, the dollhouse also contained a miniature Ouija board in the child’s room and a ghost made of Kleenex and cotton balls in the attic. —Lisa Brown, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025

And inspired by Michael Graves, Levine made his daughters a pair of postmodern dollhouses: a slick white tower that closes up like a cabinet and a simplified Pantheon, with its sides opened up and its columns painted teal. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 Feb. 2025

The Johnstons’ 12-year-old daughter was eager to contribute, and put her dollhouse up for sale. —Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1783, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dollhouse

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse

Kids Definition

dollhouse

noun

doll·​house ˈdäl-ˌhau̇s 

ˈdȯl-

: a child's small toy house