Definition of dollhouse
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:a child's small-scale toy house
2
:a dwelling so small as to suggest a house for dolls
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dollhouse
play
noun
doll·house
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ˈdäl-ˌhau̇s
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ˈdȯl-
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variants:
or less commonly
doll's house
or
dolls' house
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Probably a lot like your daughter Arabella, Nylah loves to read, play with her dollhouse, and play make believe.
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Stop into the Studio City store for model cars, airplanes, and rockets as well as dollhouse materials with all of the trimmings, including miniature furniture and home accessories.
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Jacques rolled these up, as if packing the rugs in a dollhouse, and wound them into coils.
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There are puzzles and coloring books, dollhouses and action figures.
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So Fitzpatrick decided to use Norwood's plans to build dollhouses to use as a tool for his class.
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A video of a Salem firefighter burning down a dollhouse to demonstrate fire flow paths has been viewed over 4 million times since it was posted on Facebook on Friday.
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GFWC Newington/Wethersfield Woman's Club members Carol Veklund, Joyce Blake, Joyce Brown and Jo Late finished their latest dollhouse and will be taking it to the Sturbridge Miniatures Festival, taking place on June 3-4.
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Landis used a bed that was meant for a dollhouse and decorated the piece by using fabric and faux foliage from the art supply store.
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First Known Use of dollhouse
1783
DOLLHOUSE Defined for English Language Learners
dollhouse
play
noun
Definition of dollhouse for English Language Learners
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: a small toy house that is used by children for playing with dolls
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