Meaning

1 senses

  1. A venue for performing plays.

More definitions
  • plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of

Examples

2 sentences

  1. How do I get to the playhouse?

    deWie komme ich zum Schauspielhaus?

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  2. In this playhouse of infinite forms I have had my play, and here have I caught sight of him that is formless.

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Origin

From Middle English *pleyhous, possibly continuing Old English pleġhūs (“playhouse, theatr

From Middle English *pleyhous, possibly continuing Old English pleġhūs (“playhouse, theatre”). By surface analysis, play + house. Compare Dutch speelhuis, German Spielhaus.

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Forms

plural: playhouses
Singularplayhouse
Pluralplayhouses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
theaterA1
Close in meaning
  • plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of:wendy house

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
playerA1playfulA2playfullyplaygroundA2playlistplaymateB2playoff
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