dollhouse

especially British, doll's house

[dol-hous]

noun

plural

dollhouses 

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dollhouse¹

First recorded in 1775–85; doll + house

Example Sentences

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.

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The two accompanied one another as they walked through bookcases filled with leather-bound volumes, before inspecting some of the miniatures made especially for the world's largest dollhouse.

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

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Has there ever really been a game to rival The Sims, the virtual dollhouse game that lets you design your own characters, give them personalities and tend to their needs?

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A child’s dollhouse jammed against a chain-link fence marked “No Trespassing” sits in the shadow of a mangled brick home covered in clotted dirt.

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