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birdhouse

[burd-hous]
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noun, plural bird·hous·es [burd-hou-ziz] /ˈbɜrdˌhaʊ zɪz/.
  1. a box, usually fashioned to resemble a house, for birds to live in.
  2. an aviary.
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Origin of birdhouse

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; bird + house
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Examples from the Web for birdhouse

Historical Examples

  • It isn't even a city, in our sense of the term, no more than a birdhouse is a nest.

    Dead Giveaway

    Gordon Randall Garrett

  • And he said, ‘Barama, that is a pretty business—that birdhouse was my soul.’

    Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental

    Charles John Tibbitts

  • A bluebird family has rented the birdhouse that my father built in our back yard.

  • Old Ringtail, as sure as I am standing here, and by the looks of things, trying his best to roost in my birdhouse!

British Dictionary definitions for birdhouse

birdhouse

noun US
  1. a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
  2. an enclosure or large cage for captive birds; aviary
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