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playhouse definition

play·house (plā′ho̵us′)

noun

  1. a theater for live dramatic productions
  2. ☆ a small house for children to play in
  3. a child's toy house or doll house

Etymology: OE pleghus < plega, a play + hus, house

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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