dream house

See also: dreamhouse

English

Alternative forms

• dreamhouse

Noun

dream house (plural dream houses)

1. One's ideal house or home.

   Synonym: dream home

   • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

     "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" By Eric Hodgins, William Steig

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dream,‎ house.
   • 2012, Robert Moss, Dreaming the Soul Back Home:

     Sometimes the dream house was situated on top of a hill, so she was looking down on the road. Other times the dream house was located down the slope of the hill, so she was looking up.

Translations

ideal house

• Danish: drømmehus n
• Dutch: droomhuis (nl) n
• Finnish: unelmatalo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: drømmehus n

References

Architecture and Suburbia: From English Villa to American Dream House, 1690-2000 By John Archer