country house
country house noun: a house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners.
Noun
country house (plural country houses)
- A house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners.
- Near-synonym: country seat
- One of those utterly tedious amusements one only finds at an English country house on an English country Sunday. I don't think any one at all morally responsible for what he or she does at an English country house.1909, Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, act 3
- Synonyms:
- country seat
- Such a house, even as a primary residence and even in an area that is no longer rural, but with an aesthetic in keeping with that traditional distinction of country ways.
- a country house look
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see country, house: a house in the country: one not in town.
Synonyms of country house
Forms of country house
| plural | country houses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | country-house |
Questions about country house
- What does country house mean?
- Country house means a house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners.
- What part of speech is country house?
- Country house is a noun.
- What is the plural of country house?
- The plural of country house is country houses.
Words near country house in the dictionary
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