Link Centre Dictionary

playhouse

play·house

UK/ˈpleɪhaʊs/ US/ˈpleɪˌhaʊs/ uncommon

noun

1.

plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of

Synonyms

Origin

From Middle English *pleyhous, possibly continuing Old English pleġhūs (“playhouse, theatre”). By surface analysis, play + house. Compare Dutch speelhuis, German Spielhaus.

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.