summerhouse

American  

[suhm-er-hous] / ˈsʌm ərˌhaʊs /

noun

plural

summerhouses

1. a simple, often rustic structure in a park or garden, intended to provide shade in the summer.

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summerhouse British  

/ ˈsʌməˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a small building in a garden or park, used for shade or recreation in the summer

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Etymology

Origin of summerhouse

First recorded in 1350–1400, summerhouse is from Middle English sumer hous. See summer ¹, house

Example Sentences

For Lieutenant Sikal, the trip to the summerhouse on Jan. 3, 2018, was just the start.

From New York Times • May 19, 2019

Famously, Thomas Mann, the Nobel prize-winning German author of The Magic Mountain, had a summerhouse here where he’d holiday with his family in the early 1930s.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2018

“When I first got married, my wife wanted a summerhouse and I wanted a Swan—I bought the Swan first,” says Ferragamo, who visits the yard every two or three months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 3, 2015

Mr Budd's summerhouse roof had been blown four houses down the street and landed in Trev Harris's garden after striking his conservatory and roof.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2015

He had spent the night at his posh summerhouse at Schwanen- werder, sitting with Magda and Schmeling’s wife, Anny, listening to the fight on the radio into the wee hours.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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