playhouse
Americannoun
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playhouses
plural
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a theater.
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a small house for children to play in.
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a toy house.
noun
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a theatre where live dramatic performances are given
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a toy house, small room, etc, for children to play in
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of playhouse
1590–1600; play + house; compare Old English pleghūs, as gloss of Latin theātrum theater
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"My daughter loves them and wanted to give them a home in her playhouse, so we repurposed it to let them roam outside during the warmer weather," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
And in the spirit of paring down, he decides to move from his Federal-style manse into a playhouse version of it in the backyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He said his aunt Rene "fondly" remembered meeting the royal family and recalled playing in a large playhouse in the Royal Lodge's garden.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Melody Butiu has a few moving moments as the loyal nanny—who lives in the kids’ abandoned playhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Ford’s Theatre, restored in the 1960s after serving as a government office building, lives again as a museum and working playhouse.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
ATG owns a raft of some of the best-known theaters on Broadway and in London’s West End as well as dozens of other playhouses across the U.S., continental Europe and the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Gubani is Orthodox, as are most of the toddlers who cavort through her wonderland of sun-bleached playhouses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
From bouncers to high chairs, toys to swing sets and playhouses, my kids have enjoyed so many wonderful gifts.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
For much of that period, Mr. Spacey was the artistic director of the Old Vic theater, one of London’s most acclaimed playhouses.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
They had playhouses under the two big oak trees in front of the house.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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