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play house

play house noun: a dollhouse. Also the alternative form of playhouse.

Noun

play house (plural play houses)

  1. A dollhouse.
    Synonyms:
    doll's house
  2. A child's toy domestic dwelling, large enough for the child to enter.

Verb

play house (third-person singular simple present plays house, present participle playing house, simple past and past participle played house)

  1. (children's games) To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles.
    • They can keep all their things there and play house in their own way.
  2. To live as if married without actually being legally married, cohabit
    • Though she flaunted her affair with TJ, Grace never admitted in print that she and George had “played house” before their marriage. Instead, she claimed they were married in 19421981, Emily Toth, Inside Peyton Place: the life of Grace Metalious, page 209
    • Playing House Instead / There are times you may find it more appropriate to live with someone rather than rush into marriage.2009, Fisher Ellie Slott, Mom There's a Man in the Kitchen and He's Wearing Your Robe

Proper noun

play house

  1. A stage name for a Paris based DJ and electronic music producer active since 2022.

Also used as

play house is also the alternative form of playhouse.

Synonyms of play house

Forms of play house

Noun
pluralplay houses
alternative formplayhouse
Verb
third-person singular presentplays house
present participleplaying house
past participleplayed house
pastplayed house

Origin of play house

From play + house.

Questions about play house

What does play house mean?
Play house means a dollhouse.
What part of speech is play house?
Play house can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
What is the plural of play house?
The plural of play house is play houses.

Words near play house in the dictionary

  1. play hob with
  2. play hookey
  3. play hookie
  4. play hooky
  5. play host to
  6. play house
  7. play houses
  8. play in
  9. play in Peoria
  10. play into
  11. play into someone's hand

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