Summerhouse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Summerhouse \Sum"mer*house`\, n.; pl. {Summerhouses}.
     A rustic house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used
     as a pleasure resort in summer. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  summerhouse
       n : a small roofed building affording shade and rest [syn: {gazebo}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "summerhouse":
     alcove, arbor, belvedere, bower, cloche, cold frame, conservatory,
     coolhouse, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, gazebo,
     glasshouse, greenhouse, hotbed, hothouse, kiosk, lathhouse,
     nursery, orangery, pagoda, pergola, pinery, retreat, seedbed