Playhouse
noun
A small house for children to play in, often located in a backyard or garden.
The children love to play in their playhouse in the backyard.
Often appears as...
- backyard playhouse
- plastic playhouse
noun
A theater where plays are performed.
The local playhouse is doing a production of 'Romeo and Juliet' next month.
Often appears as...
- local playhouse
- community playhouse
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A small house for children to play in, often located in a backyard or garden.
The children love to play in their playhouse in the backyard.
Often appears as...
- backyard playhouse
- plastic playhouse
noun
A theater where plays are performed.
The local playhouse is doing a production of 'Romeo and Juliet' next month.
Often appears as...
- local playhouse
- community playhouse
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Childhood Imaginative
Associates 'playhouse' with imaginative activities where children often mimic adults or create fantasy worlds.
The kids spent hours in the playhouse pretending to be knights and princesses.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Toy
Specifies that 'playhouse' refers to a physical structure and not, for instance, a figurative concept.
For her birthday, Sally received a wooden playhouse complete with a tiny kitchen.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
While typically a small structure, 'playhouse' can also describe any space a child plays in regularly, like a cardboard box.
Though just a box, Timmy called it his playhouse and decorated it with crayons.
Pro Tip 1/3Childhood Imaginative
Associates 'playhouse' with imaginative activities where children often mimic adults or create fantasy worlds.
The kids spent hours in the playhouse pretending to be knights and princesses.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Toy
Specifies that 'playhouse' refers to a physical structure and not, for instance, a figurative concept.
For her birthday, Sally received a wooden playhouse complete with a tiny kitchen.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
While typically a small structure, 'playhouse' can also describe any space a child plays in regularly, like a cardboard box.
Though just a box, Timmy called it his playhouse and decorated it with crayons.
Pro Tip 1/3Childhood Imaginative
Associates 'playhouse' with imaginative activities where children often mimic adults or create fantasy worlds.
The kids spent hours in the playhouse pretending to be knights and princesses.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Toy
Specifies that 'playhouse' refers to a physical structure and not, for instance, a figurative concept.
For her birthday, Sally received a wooden playhouse complete with a tiny kitchen.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
While typically a small structure, 'playhouse' can also describe any space a child plays in regularly, like a cardboard box.
Though just a box, Timmy called it his playhouse and decorated it with crayons.
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Video examples
Amanda Bennett: We need...
He built a playhouse for our daughter. And meanwhile, I'm burying myself in the Internet looking for specialists. I'm looking for a cure. So a year goes by before the cancer, as cancers do, reappears,
Video examples
Amanda Bennett: We need...
He built a playhouse for our daughter. And meanwhile, I'm burying myself in the Internet looking for specialists. I'm looking for a cure. So a year goes by before the cancer, as cancers do, reappears,
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Quote examples
Roger Bart
American Actor
There's something about that relationship between actor and audience. Whether you get it on Broadway or in a fine local playhouse, there's no greater drug. Every time I get to do TV, film and a play in the same year, it's my dream come true.
Quote examples
Kenneth Branagh
Irish Actor
The records - what little we know about Shakespeare, including the records of the plays in his playhouse - were often the story of how quickly they came off if they didn't work. They had to move on. They were absolutely led by box office.
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Derek Trucks
American Musician
I remember the first time hearing a recording from Minton's Playhouse; it was Charlie Christian and a young Dizzy Gillespie, and he was just the best musician in the room.
Quote examples
Roger Bart
American Actor
There's something about that relationship between actor and audience. Whether you get it on Broadway or in a fine local playhouse, there's no greater drug. Every time I get to do TV, film and a play in the same year, it's my dream come true.
Quote examples
Kenneth Branagh
Irish Actor
The records - what little we know about Shakespeare, including the records of the plays in his playhouse - were often the story of how quickly they came off if they didn't work. They had to move on. They were absolutely led by box office.
Quote examples
Derek Trucks
American Musician
I remember the first time hearing a recording from Minton's Playhouse; it was Charlie Christian and a young Dizzy Gillespie, and he was just the best musician in the room.
Example 1 of 3
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