summerhouse
noun
sum·mer·house
ˈsə-mər-ˌhau̇s 
1
: a country house for summer residence
2
: a covered structure in a garden or park designed to provide a shady resting place in summer
Examples of summerhouse in a Sentence
They have a summer house on the lake.
the sudden shower had wedding guests scurrying to the safety of the garden's summerhouse
Recent Examples on the Web
The hotel, which opened in August 2024, captures the breezy nostalgia of a vintage coastal summerhouse thanks to designer Amanda Lindroth, who filled the 52 guest rooms and 20 suites with soaking tubs, four-poster beds, and antique birding books.
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Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Many of Mohonk’s summerhouses sit on rocky outcrops, while others overlook lakes and hiking trails.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
Hotel Casa Real: Santiago, Chile Set on nearly 100 acres of land, this late 19th-century estate, formerly a summerhouse for the adjacent Santa Rita winery founder, has become an exclusive haven for wine enthusiasts.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
Ideal For: Longtime friends who’ve done a summerhouse share and lived to tell the tale.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Old friends gather after their freshman year in college to rent a summerhouse on Lake Michigan and chase girls.
—Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2021
In a recent design, a back garden featured a summerhouse in a corner, with a slope leading onto its native turf roof to allow access up to the higher area and a slide for kids curving back down from it to lower areas of the garden.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023
Schjelderup-Ebbe tended the chickens at the summerhouse from the age of six.
—Jack El-Hai, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2016
The château—once the summerhouse of the countess du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV—is a stone’s throw from the former horse stables and staff quarters that now house Le Doyenné.
—WSJ, 18 June 2022
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Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Many of Mohonk’s summerhouses sit on rocky outcrops, while others overlook lakes and hiking trails.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
Hotel Casa Real: Santiago, Chile Set on nearly 100 acres of land, this late 19th-century estate, formerly a summerhouse for the adjacent Santa Rita winery founder, has become an exclusive haven for wine enthusiasts.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
Ideal For: Longtime friends who’ve done a summerhouse share and lived to tell the tale.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Old friends gather after their freshman year in college to rent a summerhouse on Lake Michigan and chase girls.
—Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2021
In a recent design, a back garden featured a summerhouse in a corner, with a slope leading onto its native turf roof to allow access up to the higher area and a slide for kids curving back down from it to lower areas of the garden.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023
Schjelderup-Ebbe tended the chickens at the summerhouse from the age of six.
—Jack El-Hai, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2016
The château—once the summerhouse of the countess du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV—is a stone’s throw from the former horse stables and staff quarters that now house Le Doyenné.
—WSJ, 18 June 2022
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“Summerhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summerhouse. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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summerhouse
noun
sum·mer·house
ˈsəm-ər-ˌhau̇s
1
: a house for summer residence
2
: a covered structure in a garden or park designed to provide a shady resting place in summer
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