treehouse

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/ˈtɹiːˌhaʊs/

noun

A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.

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treeshed
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Meanings

nountreehouse (plural treehouses)

plural treehouses · alternative tree house · alternative tree-house

  1. USA house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.

    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.

    1867, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Life of John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands, Volume 2, page 177

    Synonyms: treeshed

  2. A tropical residence built in a tree, or on stilts.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.

Similar
treeshed
Also see
treeshed

Origin

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 樹屋 /树屋
  • 樹屋 /树屋 (shùwū)a house within a tree
Czech domeček na stromě
  • domeček na stroměa house within a tree
Dutch boomhut
  • boomhuta house within a tree
Esperanto arba domo
  • arba domoa house within a tree
French maison arboricole, maison dans les arbres
  • maison arboricolea house within a tree
  • maison dans les arbresa house within a tree
  • cabane dans les arbresa house within a tree
German Baumhaus
  • Baumhausa house within a tree
Greek δεντρόσπιτο
  • δεντρόσπιτο (dentróspito)a house within a tree
Hungarian lombház
  • lombháza house within a tree
Icelandic tréhús
  • tréhúsa house within a tree
Japanese ツリーハウス
  • ツリーハウスa house within a tree
Polish domek na drzewie
  • domek na drzewiea house within a tree
Portuguese casa da árvore, casa na árvore
  • casa da árvorea house within a tree
  • casa na árvorea house within a tree
Russian дом на дереве, домик на дереве
  • дом на дереве (dom na dereve)a house within a tree
  • домик на дереве (domik na dereve)a house within a tree
Slovak domček na strome
  • domček na stromea house within a tree
Spanish casa del árbol
  • casa del árbola house within a tree

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

treehouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treehouse

MLA

“treehouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treehouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “treehouse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treehouse.

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