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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And two, Elizabeth burning down the dollhouse.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Brandenburg-Koch walked us into a room on the second floor of the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office, past the four-story wooden dollhouse, the Beauty and the Beast Lego set, the giant Connect Four game on this sunlit February day.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
A little garden with a curving path, designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, fronts the new entrance, like a dollhouse version of the whole estate.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2026
Katherine Schwarzenegger's video of action star husband Chris Pratt constructing a dollhouse for their daughters has generated a big response.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Brandenburg-Koch walked us into a room on the second floor of the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office, past the four-story wooden dollhouse, the Beauty and the Beast Lego set, the giant Connect Four game on this sunlit February day.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
A little garden with a curving path, designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, fronts the new entrance, like a dollhouse version of the whole estate.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2026
Katherine Schwarzenegger's video of action star husband Chris Pratt constructing a dollhouse for their daughters has generated a big response.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dollhouse
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“Dollhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollhouse. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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dollhouse
noun
doll·house
ˈdäl-ˌhau̇s
ˈdȯl-
: a child's small toy house
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