gazebo
1 Americannoun
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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.
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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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Example Sentences
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The couple got hitched at Vegas Weddings' Terrace Gazebo, an outdoor wedding chapel that seats 30 guests, according to People.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024
This program called Gazebo, they made it really lighting-friendly.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2023
I first heard about the idea of outdoor preschool from my sister, Sarah Onion Alford, who runs Gazebo School in York, Maine.
From Slate • Aug. 4, 2020
Reiner then freelanced as a panel show emcee on "Keep Talking," as a TV guest star and in featured film roles in "The Gazebo," "Happy Anniversary" and "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World."
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2020
Gazebo was built from the old Birch barn and the horses' teeth-marks are still visible.
From A Virginia Village by Stewart, Charles Alexander
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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