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Summerhouse

A rustic house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used as a pleasure resort in summer.

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Belvedere 76% connected

A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.

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Building 76% connected

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Edifice 76% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Construction noun · 86% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Alcove noun · 78% connection

A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.

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Alley noun · 78% connection

A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.

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Allhallown adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").

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Antechamber noun · 78% connection

A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

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At preposition · 78% connection

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at th…

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Cancer noun · 78% connection

The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rustic, house, apartment, garden, park.
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Chalet noun · 78% connection

A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

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Dispark verb · 78% connection

To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rustic, house, apartment, garden, park.
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Dog days unknown · 78% connection

A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early par…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rustic, house, apartment, garden, park.
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Epeira noun · 78% connection

A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rustic, house, apartment, garden, park.
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Garden verb · 78% connection

To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rustic, house, apartment, garden, park.
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Herbary noun · 78% connection

A garden of herbs; a cottage garden.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rustic, house, apartment, garden, park.
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Herber noun · 78% connection

A garden; a pleasure garden.

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House verb · 78% connection

To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to ho…

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