dollhouse

noun doll·house \ ˈdäl-ˌhau̇s , ˈdȯl- \

variants: or less commonly doll's house or dolls' house

|Updated on: 7 Aug 2018

Definition of dollhouse

1 : a child's small-scale toy house

2 : a dwelling so small as to suggest a house for dolls

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Camille's half sister, Amma (Eliza Scanlen), has a fixation on dollhouses.

— emily yahr, chicagotribune.com, "'Sharp Objects' premiere features one major difference from Gillian Flynn's novel," 9 July 2018
The dollhouse was in a place of honor on a dark-wooden dining room table.

— jenice armstrong, Philly.com, "Ob-gyn's dollhouse hobby goes viral, attracts the attention of HGTV's Chip and Joanna Gaines | Jenice Armstrong," 17 Apr. 2018
Those Victorian homes, now seeming as dainty and delicate as dollhouses, were in large measure factory-produced, said Kenneth Breisch, associate professor of architecture at USC.

— steve carney, latimes.com, "Architecture Spotlight: Victorian is a stately, though needy, grande dame," 16 June 2018
On the third floor, Making Miniatures is a collection of dolls donated by Cathy Lincoln, whose family owned Lincoln Electric, and dollhouses, including one that replicates the Stager Beckwith Mansion.

— roxanne washington, cleveland.com, "Children's Museum of Cleveland gets gift, milestone visitor (photos)," 13 May 2018
Buzz enjoyed repairing cuckoo clocks and building dollhouses.

— hartford courant, courant.com, "Harold L. Mathers Sr.," 1 July 2018
The dollhouse is partially furnished with period pieces and has the same proportions as the real house.

— kathleen mcwilliams, Courant Community, "Six Historic Treasures Now On Display at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum," 29 June 2018
Annie constructs dollhouse-like dioramas that are painstakingly detailed and that recreate, in miniature, scenes and places from her own life.

— ari aster, New York Times, "Review: In ‘Hereditary,’ the Horror Is Slow-Cooked and Homemade," 7 June 2018
The sisters were playing with their favorite dollhouse when Hollis began to gasp for air.

— sarah schreiber, Good Housekeeping, "A Nanny Cam Caught This Heroic Mom Rescuing Her Choking Toddler," 13 Jan. 2017

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