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dollhouse

American  
[dol-hous] / ˈdɒlˌhaʊs /
especially British, doll's house

noun

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

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


Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of dollhouse

First recorded in 1775–85; doll + house

Example Sentences

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Because for every luxury brand outpost on Madison Avenue, there’s a small business that specializes in dollhouse furniture or German meats or food and drink books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

A crabitat is kind of like a dollhouse with living inhabitants, each with a distinct personality.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Her interest "snowballed" from there and she crafted the lavishly decorated castle and adjoining dollhouse for the creatures.

From BBC • May 28, 2025

Through their stories, “Squid Game 2” becomes a life-sized dollhouse collection of the modern era’s destructive vanities.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024

Interior rooms were now visible, like a broken dollhouse.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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