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dollhouse

American  
[dol-haus] / 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

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of dollhouse

First recorded in 1775–85; doll + house


Example Sentences

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Cookie, a former art student, has a secret passion: building meticulously detailed dollhouse re-creations of crime scenes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

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.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

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

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

After the fires, she expects to see more play about fire engines or a fire in a dollhouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025

I started gluing more of my little treasures to that dollhouse.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

Morrison said the agency found that some aftermarket inflaters have been brought into the country stuffed inside items like toys and dollhouses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The color was akin to the old dollhouses, Polly Pocket outfits and fashion accessories I used to play with in my youth.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024

Hooper says dollhouses started off as display cases and didn’t become associated with toys until they were mass produced after World War II.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

Despite the gathering touting itself as “the World’s No. 1 Dollhouse Miniatures Show,” there aren’t many actual dollhouses.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2023

Irene and I used to spend hours with that thing, until sometime after my tenth birthday, when I had decided that I was too old for dolls, and therefore, dollhouses.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

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