summerhouse

noun

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

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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Many of Mohonk’s summerhouses sit on rocky outcrops, while others overlook lakes and hiking trails. Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024 Hotel Casa Real: Santiago, Chile Set on nearly 100 acres of land, this late 19th-century estate, formerly a summerhouse for the adjacent Santa Rita winery founder, has become an exclusive haven for wine enthusiasts. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024 Ideal For: Longtime friends who’ve done a summerhouse share and lived to tell the tale. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 June 2024 Old friends gather after their freshman year in college to rent a summerhouse on Lake Michigan and chase girls. Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2021 In a recent design, a back garden featured a summerhouse in a corner, with a slope leading onto its native turf roof to allow access up to the higher area and a slide for kids curving back down from it to lower areas of the garden. Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023 Schjelderup-Ebbe tended the chickens at the summerhouse from the age of six. Jack El-Hai, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2016 The château—once the summerhouse of the countess du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV—is a stone’s throw from the former horse stables and staff quarters that now house Le Doyenné. WSJ, 18 June 2022 The story is about four teenagers who were involved in a car crash and decide to stay at a summerhouse in the countryside to work through their grief. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 1 June 2022

Word History

First Known Use

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of summerhouse was before the 12th century

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“Summerhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summerhouse. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

summerhouse

noun
sum·​mer·​house ˈsəm-ər-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce summerhouse (audio)
1
: a 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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