playhouse

By surface analysis, play +‎ house, but attested as early as Old English pleġhūs.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪhaʊs/

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playhouse (plural playhouses)

1. A venue for performing plays.

   Synonym: theater

2. Alternative form of play house (“child's toy domestic dwelling”)