"treehouse" meaning in English

See treehouse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹiːˌhaʊs/ Forms: treehouses [plural]
Etymology: From tree + house. First use appears c. 1867. See cite below. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tree|house}} tree + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} treehouse (plural treehouses)
  1. (chiefly US) A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials. Tags: US Translations (a house within a tree): 樹屋 (Chinese Mandarin), 树屋 (shùwū) (Chinese Mandarin), domeček na stromě [masculine] (Czech), boomhut [common-gender] (Dutch), arba domo (Esperanto), maison arboricole [feminine] (French), maison dans les arbres [feminine] (French), cabane dans les arbres [feminine] (French), Baumhaus [neuter] (German), δεντρόσπιτο (dentróspito) [neuter] (Greek), lombház (Hungarian), ツリーハウス (Japanese), ഏറുമാടം (ēṟumāṭaṁ) (Malayalam), domek na drzewie [masculine] (Polish), casa da árvore [feminine] (Portuguese), casa na árvore [feminine] (Portuguese), дом на дереве (dom na dereve) [masculine] (Russian), domček na strome [masculine] (Slovak), casa del árbol [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-treehouse-en-noun-0frG-kKZ Categories (other): American English, English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'a house within a tree': 74 26
  2. A tropical residence built in a tree, or on stilts.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tree house, tree-house

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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