breezeway

[ breez-wey ]

noun
  1. a porch or roofed passageway open on the sides, for connecting two buildings, as a house and a garage.

Origin of breezeway

1
An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; breeze1 + way1

Words Nearby breezeway

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How to use breezeway in a sentence

  • This section of the complex is connected by an imposing pillared breezeway to the dining room, kitchen, and servants' quarters.

    The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander Bartlett
  • These buildings are all solid, what I mean, there is nothing like—what do you call these—a breezeway—there's nothing like that.

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British Dictionary definitions for breezeway

breezeway

/ (ˈbriːzˌweɪ) /


noun
  1. a roofed passageway connecting two buildings, sometimes with the sides enclosed

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