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- [pley-hous]
- /ˈpleɪˌhaʊs/
- /ˈpleɪ.haʊs/
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- [pley-hous]
- /ˈpleɪˌhaʊs/
Definitions of playhouse word
- noun plural playhouse a theater. 1
- noun plural playhouse a small house for children to play in. 1
- noun plural playhouse a toy house. 1
- noun playhouse theatre 1
- noun playhouse children's wendy house 1
- countable noun playhouse A playhouse is a theatre. 0
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Origin of playhouse
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; play + house; compare Old English pleghūs, as gloss of Latin theātrum theater
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Parts of speech for Playhouse
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
playhouse popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
playhouse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for playhouse
noun playhouse
- auditorium — An auditorium is the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits.
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- bijou — Small houses are sometimes described as bijou houses in order to make them sound attractive or fashionable.
- bijoux — a jewel.
- cine — Cine is used to refer to things that are used in or connected with the making or showing of films.
Top questions with playhouse
- how to build a playhouse?
- how to build a playhouse out of pallets?
- how to make a playhouse?
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