country house

noun

: a house and especially a mansion in the country

Examples of country house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Removed from an Oxfordshire country house in 1931 and shipped across the Atlantic piece by piece, the lavish Rococo dining room remains on display today as one of the museum’s standout period rooms. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 June 2026

After Felix invites him to his family’s palatial country house over summer break, Oliver weasels his way into their good graces and turns their world upside down. —Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026

Those in the Garden Wing are spacious and pale-pastel-pretty, with the air of a French country house, while those in the original building range from cosy under the eaves to lofty ceilinged with four-posters. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

Turner first discovered Cooper’s novels many years ago in an old girlfriend’s country house. —Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for country house

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse