Definition of "summerhouse" [sum•mer•house]

• A small, roofed structure in a park or garden affording shade and rest; a gazebo. (noun)

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• "Mr Brown claimed more than £500 to redecorate a "summerhouse" - a building in the grounds of his Scottish home he uses as an office."
• "The summerhouse was an octagon, only big enough inside for two people, and its latticework walls had been recently painted a greenish blue."
• "Inside—or, rather, outside—the summerhouse was the kind of place Rebecca would find enchanting, with its burbling fountain, decorative brickwork, and stone chairs protected from the elements by shelflike orange tile roofs."