summerhouse

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small garden building used for sitting or relaxing in warm weather

   They drank tea in the summerhouse at the far end of the garden.

2. 2
   noun

   a house used as a vacation residence during the summer

   The family opened its summerhouse on the coast each June.

From Middle English somer-hous and Old English sumorhus, a direct compound of summer + house. The garden-building and seasonal-residence senses both retain the idea of a structure chiefly used in warm weather.

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