gazebo
1 Americannoun
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gazebos,
plural
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gazeboes
plural
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a structure, as an open or latticework pavilion or summerhouse, built on a site that provides an attractive view.
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a small roofed structure that is screened on all sides, used for outdoor entertaining and dining.
noun
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gazebos
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of gazebo
First recorded in 1745–55; origin uncertain
Explanation
A gazebo is a small, freestanding, outdoor structure that has a roof but is open on all sides. If it starts raining suddenly while you're walking through the park, you can run to the gazebo to get out of the rain. Gazebo is unusual in that it's an imitation Latin word. Experts believe it comes from a joking twist on the word gaze, as in "I gaze at you from my gazebo." It's meant to sound Latin, modeled after words in the future tense that end with the suffix -ebo, like videbo, "I shall see." If you want to gaze at your yard from an octagonal covered porch, you should consider building a gazebo.
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We meet in a park and sit under a cafe's gazebo to escape the rain.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
They even talk about it when they’re on the gazebo, the terrace; they have that whole scene where it is all about asking questions, not answering questions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
At McDiarmid Park, home and away fans will be able to purchase alcohol from a pop-up gazebo at the rear of the East Stand prior to the 15:00 kick offs.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
It’s almost as if the fiesta never occurred, but we catch a glimpse of the blue and white neckerchief of one clan or another tied to a column of the gazebo.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
I rested my elbows on the windowsill and knelt on the rug, watching as the two kids pedaled past the gazebo.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Its organisers have added the items to its official "do not bring" list - which also includes gazebos and knives.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2023
This common area includes tot lots, gazebos, a small pond and the creek, which Fox Mill’s Cub Scout Pack 159 helps maintain.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2023
Mudflows dragged sheds, gazebos and outhouses into the creek, he said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
The whole place was strangely scentless: a spread of neo-brutalism and Faraday Cage Folly architecture, sterile sculptures studded with hostile textures, quasi-public outbuildings like amphitheaters and gazebos that were functionally useless and inaccessible.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2022
Zizmo drives through the gloom, past the octagonal gazebos and the monument of the Civil War Hero, and into the woods where the Ottawa once held their summer camp.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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