they're renovating the old playhouse and adding extra screens
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Galleries and playhouses have closed; music venues get turned into luxury condos and bank branches.—T.m. Brown, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024 Like several other theaters in Connecticut, the playhouse will be starting all its evening performances at 7:30 p.m. and not 8 p.m.—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Dec. 2024 Sure, this playhouse can’t fit a bed, a desk, or even an average-size standing adult.—Sabrina Rojas Weiss, Parents, 30 Nov. 2024 Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse: on sale for $79.99
Original price: $139.99
Buy this hard-wearing playhouse for under $80 and give your toddler the gift of hours of imaginative play.—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for playhouse
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of playhouse was
before the 12th century
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