dollhouse

American  

[dol-hous] / ˈdɒlˌhaʊs /

especially British, doll's house

noun

PLURAL

dollhouses

1. a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.

2. a cozy, diminutive home, as a small cottage or housetrailer.

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Etymology

Origin of dollhouse

First recorded in 1775–85; doll + house

Example Sentences

But the cramped filial perspective treats the life of a critic as though it were a figure in a child’s dollhouse.

From Los Angeles Times

All over Long Beach, walls fell away and left the buildings as open and exposed as dollhouses.

From Los Angeles Times

Ever wish you were a little kid again playing with your dollhouse?

From Washington Post

Kurt Leithner, 80, who helps his daughter run a booth selling dollhouse furniture, said, “I notice people have changed how and what they buy.”

From New York Times

Pat Nixon displayed a dollhouse made for Rutherford B. Hayes’s daughter under one of the trees.

From Washington Post