summerhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
  2. An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-summerhouse.wav

Word forms

summerhouse summerhouses summer house summer-house

Etymology

From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerhūs, sumorhūs, equivalent to summer + house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus, Danish sommerhus, Swedish sommarhus.

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