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summerhouse
noun sum·mer·house \ˈsə-mər-ˌhau̇s\
: a covered structure in a garden or park that is used as a resting place in summer
summer house : a house that someone lives in during the summer
Full Definition of SUMMERHOUSE
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
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First Known Use of SUMMERHOUSE
before 12th century
Rhymes with SUMMERHOUSE
barrelhouse, bawdy house, boardinghouse, body louse, cat and mouse, clearinghouse, coffeehouse, countinghouse, country house, customhouse, halfway house, house-to-house, jumping mouse, kilogauss, Lévi-Strauss, manor house, meetinghouse, Mickey Mouse, milligauss, motherhouse, on the house, open house, opera house, overblouse, packinghouse, pilothouse, pocket mouse, porterhouse, powerhouse, shotgun house, slaughterhouse, sporting house, station house, sucking louse, sugarhouse, tiring-house, tower house, treasure-house, Westinghouse
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