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playhouse
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See also: play house
English
Etymology
From Middle English *pleyhous, possibly continuing Old English pleġhūs (“playhouse, theatre”). By surface analysis, play + house. Compare Dutch speelhuis, German Spielhaus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpleɪhaʊs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
playhouse (plural playhouses)
- A venue for performing plays.
- Synonym: theater
- Alternative form of play house (“child's toy domestic dwelling”).
Translations
venue for performing plays — see theater
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