summerhouse

American  

[suhm-er-hous] / ˈsʌm ərˌhaʊs /

noun

summerhouses plural

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

The defendant went on to use the shower in a summerhouse to wash and clean his clothes.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

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

This time he continued on across the grass until he had almost reached the summerhouse, then turned and came walking slowly back, his eyes never leaving the ground.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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