annexe
Britishnoun
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an extension to a main building
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a building used as an addition to a main building nearby
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something added or annexed, esp a supplement to a document
Example Sentences
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The document is listed in an annexe in two corporate witness statements provided by Fujitsu's current European chief executive, Paul Patterson, in 2024 but has only recently been published.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
I live in an annexe at my parents' house and help care for my dad who has Parkinson's and my mum, who has dementia, though she is now in a home.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
At the outset, Marriott accompanied the Furys on a family holiday to Jeddah, before dodging the "pandemonium" of their home in Morecambe in favour of the relative calm of an adjacent annexe.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
Of the eight Jews who hid in the secret annexe in Amsterdam, only Anne’s father, Otto, survived the Holocaust.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
This 'dining hall' where I now sit, however, is a modem annexe built to adjoin the main building - a long, flat room characterized by rows of large windows on either side.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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