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

Examples of dollhouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To the left, a pink child’s dollhouse sits by the wall—reminders of the child who had once lived there. —Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 24 July 2025

Hamrick also painted a landscape above the sofa in the living room and made a dollhouse that fits neatly within the fireplace in the bedroom. —Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 15 July 2025

Cardboard Dollhouse Another fun craft to do with your kids using old shoe boxes is to create a cardboard dollhouse! —Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 1 June 2025

The Toy Museum has also submitted a grant request for about $132,000 to help catalog some 10,000 dollhouse pieces and furnishings. —Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1783, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dollhouse

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse

Kids Definition

dollhouse

noun

doll·​house ˈdäl-ˌhau̇s 

ˈdȯl-

: a child's small toy house