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summerhouse

[suhm-er-hous] / ˈsʌm ərˌhaʊs /
NOUN
bower
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In future episodes, we will speak with buyers considering alternatives such as 3D-printed homes or a summerhouse in their parents’ backyard, and with renters opting out of homeownership entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

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

From BBC Oct. 3, 2024

This memoir affords a peek into the life of a man who seems to arrive at a different summerhouse, packed with good art and faded first editions of novels, in each chapter.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2019

Her summerhouse catches fire, but the fire is static and unsmoking.

From The Guardian Aug. 2, 2012

His lordship had been entertaining two guests, a young lady and gentleman, in the summerhouse, and had watched my father's approach across the lawn bearing a much welcome tray of refreshments.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

In every town there stood "scaffolding" or raised platforms, where the inhabitants frequently sat and conversed, and which served somewhat the same purpose as our own outdoor summerhouses of olden times.

From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Henry Chandlee Forman

For the gardens, sometimes called "hortyards," there were summerhouses, greenhouses, and arbors.

From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Henry Chandlee Forman

I drew near to the village: all the well-known old summerhouses and gardens were recognised again; I disliked the new ones, and all other alterations which had taken place.

From The Sorrows of Young Werther by R. Dillon Boylan

Passing again to the front of the house, Lecour saw the mob angrily tearing up garden benches and summerhouses for the same purpose.

From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall

Nothing but summerhouses on a large scale are the South California barns.

From Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson




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