Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - summer house

also summerhouse (summer houses) 1. A summer house is a small building in a garden. It contains seats, and people can sit there in the summer. N-COUNT 2. Someone’s summer house is a house in the country or by the sea where they spend the summer. He visited relatives at their summer house on the river. N-COUNT SUMMER SCHOOL (summer schools) 1. A summer school is an educational course on a particular subject that is run during the summer. The students usually stay at the place where the summer school is being held. (mainly BRIT) ...a summer school for young professional singers. N-VAR 2. Summer school is a summer term at a school, college, or university, for example for students who need extra teaching or who want to take extra courses. (mainly AM) N-VAR