dollhouse
noun
doll·house
ˈdäl-ˌhau̇s 
ˈdȯl-
variants
or less commonly doll's house
or dolls' house
1
: a child's small-scale toy house
2
: a dwelling so small as to suggest a house for dolls
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Cardboard Dollhouse Another fun craft to do with your kids using old shoe boxes is to create a cardboard dollhouse!
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026
Not a real house, nor a dollhouse — but a birdhouse.
—Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
And in one of Fennell’s wildest edits, pure-hearted girl next door Isabella Linton (Alison Oliver) becomes a scary-horny savant à la Emma Stone in Poor Things, with a fabulous voodoo dollhouse and a questionably consensual taste for S&M.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
The Dollhouse The dollhouse was created by the Mattes and Miniatures crew.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026
Not a real house, nor a dollhouse — but a birdhouse.
—Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
And in one of Fennell’s wildest edits, pure-hearted girl next door Isabella Linton (Alison Oliver) becomes a scary-horny savant à la Emma Stone in Poor Things, with a fabulous voodoo dollhouse and a questionably consensual taste for S&M.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
The Dollhouse The dollhouse was created by the Mattes and Miniatures crew.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Dollhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollhouse. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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dollhouse
noun
doll·house
ˈdäl-ˌhau̇s
ˈdȯl-
: a child's small toy house
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