country house

Definition of country housenext

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Recent Examples of country house In the 1999 version, starring Frances O’Connor as Fanny, Mansfield Park scenes were shot at Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house about an hour’s drive east of Birmingham. — Nicholas Derenzo, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026 Into this fertile landscape comes Winterbourne, an 18th-century Strawberry Hill Gothic rectory that is equal parts country house and wellness retreat. — Air Mail, 10 Oct. 2026 The survival drama follows four siblings left alone in a remote Canadian country house as a heatwave, power outage and mysterious lights turn their newfound freedom into something increasingly unsettling. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 In Modena, check into Casa Maria Luigia, Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore’s country house and a discreet base during the filming of Ferrari. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for country house
Recent Examples of Synonyms for country house
Noun
  • The Eclipse features 57 new oceanfront rooms, suites and great house suites, plus two restaurants, three bars, a market cafe, private beach and a signature Salamander Spa, something the resort brand is famous for.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There's great house drama (including a full house screaming match after Jessie's eviction and Jerry dubbing Dan as Judas).
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • The film opens in an Upper East Side town house, where a woman decorating her Christmas tree discovers a Tiffany Blue Box dated December 1992.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • For the primary bathroom of Elsesser’s Brooklyn town house, Rockwell and colleague Hester Hodde layered burgundy Rosso Francia marble, walnut-and-mirror paneling, and pistachio-green walls.
    — Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In the battleground districts, 60 percent of households did not earn enough income to cover the full cost of housing, food, transportation, health care, child care and taxes, The Post’s analysis found.
    — Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Think housing, hospitals, schools, clean energy, water, transportation, wildfire prevention and broadband.
    — Kiara Adams, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Country house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20house. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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