summerhouse

English

noun
Definitions
  • A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
  • An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English somer-hous inherited from Old English sumerhūs compound from English summer (horizontal beam, pack horse) + English house (a house, company).

Origin

English

house

Gloss

a house, company

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