Summerhouse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
  2. 2
    a small roofed building affording shade and rest wordnet
  3. 3
    An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.

    ""When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was.""

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gazeboalcovearborbelvederebowercanopy

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""When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was.""

Etymology

From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerhūs, sumorhūs, equivalent to summer + house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus, Danish sommerhus, Swedish sommarhus.

Related phrases

country householiday homeprimary residencevacation home

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