treehouse

See also: tree house

English

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Etymology

From tree +‎ house. First use appears c. 1867. See cite below.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹiːˌhaʊs/

Noun

treehouse (plural treehouses)

  1. (chiefly US) A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.
    • 1867, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Life of John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands, Volume 2, page 177:
      so that I am high and dry, and have all the better view too, quite a grand flight of steps-a broad ladder-up into my house. The Mahaga lads and I call it my tree-house.
  2. A tropical residence built in a tree, or on stilts.

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