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Definition of country house in English: country housenoun British A large house in the country, typically the seat of a wealthy or aristocratic family. Example sentencesExamples - The family also owned a country house in a large forest west of Paris.
- After 1939 he retired permanently to his country house where he became interested in growing weeds.
- Morning coffee and afternoon tea in the Hall are civilised touches evoking more a country house party than a hotel.
- A substantial country house set in mature gardens and beautiful countryside
- It was contained in an elegant, but not capacious, town house rather than a larger country house.
- Pliny the Younger, in his letters, describes proudly and affectionately his country house and its gardens.
- How on earth do you get those crisp sharp edges on your garden beds at the country house?
- Up at the top, the path widens out to reveal a large country house set in extensive gardens.
- My brother's flat: he is gardener at a huge country house and lives on the premises.
- It is not, I think, fairly to be described as a stately home, but it is a substantial country house.
- If the landscaping of the country house was at the cutting edge of garden design in the eighteenth century, the urban park was its successor.
- It all gives the impression that you're staying in a private country house as a guest of the family.
- After the death of his beloved son, he had retired to a country house and submerged himself in seclusion for several months.
- He was developing a garden around his country house in Herefordshire but was struggling to find the plants he needed.
- Although it is called a castle, the residence is a grand country house.
- Talking to a group of foreign journalists at his country house outside Moscow last week, he accused the West of double standards.
- More than 200 protesters have objected to fresh plans to build a country house on a golf course.
- Of course, they set out on foot and find an abandoned country house, with an adjacent vampire-bat-infested barn.
- The location would appear to be the great hall of their country house, something in Berkshire, perhaps.
- This country house in a metropolis prides itself on courteous and friendly service, but still keeps pace with modern life.
Synonyms mansion, stately home, hall, manor, big house, manor house, castle, palace
Definition of country house in US English: country housenounˈkəntrē ˌhousˈkəntri ˌhaʊs British A large house in the country, typically the home of a wealthy or aristocratic family. Example sentencesExamples - If the landscaping of the country house was at the cutting edge of garden design in the eighteenth century, the urban park was its successor.
- Of course, they set out on foot and find an abandoned country house, with an adjacent vampire-bat-infested barn.
- Pliny the Younger, in his letters, describes proudly and affectionately his country house and its gardens.
- The location would appear to be the great hall of their country house, something in Berkshire, perhaps.
- The family also owned a country house in a large forest west of Paris.
- It was contained in an elegant, but not capacious, town house rather than a larger country house.
- How on earth do you get those crisp sharp edges on your garden beds at the country house?
- A substantial country house set in mature gardens and beautiful countryside
- My brother's flat: he is gardener at a huge country house and lives on the premises.
- He was developing a garden around his country house in Herefordshire but was struggling to find the plants he needed.
- Talking to a group of foreign journalists at his country house outside Moscow last week, he accused the West of double standards.
- After 1939 he retired permanently to his country house where he became interested in growing weeds.
- Up at the top, the path widens out to reveal a large country house set in extensive gardens.
- Morning coffee and afternoon tea in the Hall are civilised touches evoking more a country house party than a hotel.
- It all gives the impression that you're staying in a private country house as a guest of the family.
- It is not, I think, fairly to be described as a stately home, but it is a substantial country house.
- More than 200 protesters have objected to fresh plans to build a country house on a golf course.
- After the death of his beloved son, he had retired to a country house and submerged himself in seclusion for several months.
- This country house in a metropolis prides itself on courteous and friendly service, but still keeps pace with modern life.
- Although it is called a castle, the residence is a grand country house.
Synonyms mansion, stately home, hall, manor, big house, manor house, castle, palace
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