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Definition of Summer house
1. Noun. A country house (usually located in the country) that provides a cool place to live in the summer.
Definition of Summer house
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of summerhouse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Summer House
Literary usage of Summer house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"... A GARDEN AND summer house. [From Tht Story of Rimini.'] A noble range it was,
of many a rood, Walled and tree-girt, and ending in a wood. ..."
2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"A GARDEN-HOUSE, now called a summer-house. Gardens in the suburbs of London, with
buildings of this ... The word summer-house was, however, not unknown. ..."
3. House & Garden (1905)
"A Thatched Summer-House of Stone AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SUMMER-HOUSES BY PHEBE
... And, in fact, much of the growing popularity of the summer-house in this ..."
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