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summerhouse

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sum·mer·house  (smr-hous)
n.
A small, roofed structure in a park or garden affording shade and rest; a gazebo.
summerhouse
Noun
a small building in a garden, used for shade in the summer
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Noun1.summerhousesummerhouse - a small roofed building affording shade and rest
gazebo
belvedere - a gazebo sited to command a fine view
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
Translations

summerhouse [ˈsʌməhaus] n (in garden) → cenador m; glorieta
summerhouse [ˈsʌməhaus] n (in garden) → pavillon m
summerhouse [ˈsʌməhaus] summer n (in garden) → Gartenhaus nt, Gartenlaube f
summerhouse [ˈsʌməhaus] n (in garden) → padiglione m


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They gravely rearmed themselves fromthe gun-room and trooped along at the tail of their guide, Sir Howard only pausing, in a sort of ecstasy, to point out the celebrated gilt summerhouse on which the gilt weathercock still stood crooked.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
Martin's saying as she was so fond of it, it should be called her cow; and of their having a very handsome summerhouse in their garden, where some day next year they were all to drink tea: a very handsome summerhouse, large enough to hold a dozen people.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
About six in the evening, as I sat at tea with my wife in the summerhouse talking vigorously about the battle that was lowering upon us, I heard a muffled detonation from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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