treehouse
31
2.0
- noun
- /ˈtriːhaʊs/
:
casa en el árbol
- I caught my breath and ran back to the treehouse.
- build treehouses
- stay in the treehouse
- play in the treehouse
Examples
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" I remember we would play in a treehouse together.
Fiction book (1990) -
And they had built a treehouse once, when they were small.
Fiction book (2000) -
If they finished it, they had permission to sleep in the treehouse that night!
Fiction book (2001) -
I mean, have you seen their treehouse?
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"We should have stayed in the treehouse," he said to himself.
Fiction book (1990) -
We have to get back to the treehouse before nightfall.
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When I was little, my dream was to live in Italy on a cliff in a treehouse overlooking the Mediterranean.
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There, built into the side of a sprawling oak, was the biggest, most sophisticated treehouse Ella had ever seen.
Fiction book (2001) -
Up in the treehouse, they lolled about, giggling, unable to sustain the illusion of the game indefinitely.
Fiction book (1990) -
When my friends come over, we love to play in the treehouse in the backyard.
Synonyms
52
1.4
A small building or platform in the branches of a tree where children play
How High
31
2.0
90
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Treehouse is made from the simple words tree and house, literally a 'house' in a 'tree'. Think of putting a small house up among the branches, and that image explains why a treehouse is a small shelter built in a tree for play or relaxing.