dollshouse
dollshouse is the alternative form of doll's house.
Meaning of doll's house
Noun
doll's house (plural doll's houses)
- A miniature house used by children as a toy for recreating domestic settings.
- Adam Stockhausen's doll's-house production design is eye-wateringly precise, the black-and-white images of the city's ancient buildings (shot in Angouleme) deserve their own coffee table book2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC
- Synonyms:
- playhouse
- A small, cramped, dwelling-place.
- A slightly incongruous note is struck by the National Westminster Bank beside the Vine [pub], a tiny dolls' house of a building, about the size of a garden shed, in herringbone-patterned brick.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 202, about Goudhurst, Kent
Forms of dollshouse
| plural | dollshouses |
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Origin of dollshouse
From doll + -s- + house.
Questions about dollshouse
- What is dollshouse the alternative form of?
- Dollshouse is the alternative form of doll's house.
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