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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"Massive volumes of litter, tents, towels, clothes, a gazebo frame, bottles, cans, millions of wet wipes and endless beach toys were abandoned on the sand."
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
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
It opens to a backyard with an expansive lawn, pebble-sheen pool and spa with a cascading waterfall, an outdoor kitchen with barbecue facilities, a picturesque gazebo, and a fire-pit lounge.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025
The best prepared bring a gazebo, fridge and spreadsheet containing a scientific nutrition and hydration strategy.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
Our clubhouse was a tiny clearing inside the circle of bushes behind the gazebo in the community garden.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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
A stone path winds through the back garden, an oasis of fenced-in green with manicured hedges, thick trees, two gazebos, a basketball court, banks of garden planters.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
A series of elaborate gazebos surrounded the pond, interconnected by a whitewashed boardwalk.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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