playhouse

/'pleihaus/

Thân thiện

A child peeks out the window of a colorful wooden playhouse in the backyard.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small model house for children to play in: A "playhouse" is a toy structure, often resembling a small house, designed for children to enter and use for imaginative play.
   • A theater: In a historical or specific context, "playhouse" can refer to a building where theatrical performances are staged.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The children spent the afternoon in their new wooden playhouse in the backyard.
  • Shakespeare's plays were first performed at the Globe Playhouse.

Advanced Usage

• "summer playhouse": A theater that operates primarily during the summer season, often presenting light comedies or musicals.
  • She got her start acting at a summer playhouse in Maine.

Variants and Related Words

• Playroom (n): A room in a house set aside for children to play in.
  • The toys were all kept in the large playroom.
• Theater / Theatre (n): The more common modern term for a building where plays are performed.
  • We went to the theater to see a new musical.

Synonyms

• Wendy house (n, chiefly British): A small toy house for children.
• Toy house (n): A simple term for a playhouse.
• Theatre (n): A building for dramatic performances.

Idioms

• No idioms are directly and exclusively formed with the word "playhouse."

Học thuật

Noun

1. plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of

Từ đồng nghĩa

• wendy house