as in theatre
a building or part of a building where movies are shown
they're renovating the old playhouse and adding extra screens
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Recent Examples of playhouse
And in the top-floor children’s bedroom, seafaring fantasy takes over: billowing canopies printed with bobbing sailboats form cozy tents above the beds—part playhouse, part bedtime ritual.
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Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 23 Apr. 2025
The playhouses, built by groups of sponsoring volunteers, are offered for free to Habitat homeowners as well as children of local military veterans and active-duty personnel.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
And for car enthusiasts: a playhouse of their very own.
—Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2025
Khai also has an outdoor playhouse and climbing gym.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
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Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 23 Apr. 2025
The playhouses, built by groups of sponsoring volunteers, are offered for free to Habitat homeowners as well as children of local military veterans and active-duty personnel.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
And for car enthusiasts: a playhouse of their very own.
—Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2025
Khai also has an outdoor playhouse and climbing gym.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playhouse
theater
Noun
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Here are the other movies hitting theaters this weekend.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
25 July 2025
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is slated to hit theaters on Dec. 5, 2025.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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“Playhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playhouse. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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