gazebo

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[ guh-zey-boh, -zee- ]
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noun,plural ga·ze·bos, ga·ze·boes.
  1. a structure, as an open or latticework pavilion or summerhouse, built on a site that provides an attractive view.

  2. a small roofed structure that is screened on all sides, used for outdoor entertaining and dining.

Origin of gazebo

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First recorded in 1745–55; origin uncertain

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Other definitions for gazebo (2 of 2)

gazebo2
[ guh-zey-boh, -zee- ]

noun,plural ga·ze·bos.

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How to use gazebo in a sentence

  • Its garden which used to be terraced down to the river, and quaint little gazebo are still lovely.

    A Portrait of Old George Town | Grace Dunlop Ecker
  • One gazebo wants to buy a castle in the old country; another wants a racing stable; another a steam yacht.

    The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
  • And if I find any gazebo getting too thick with her, then up speaks little Bertie for the word that makes her his.

    The Readjustment | Will Irwin
  • You're goin' t' frame up a nice little telegram t' this guy Geoff—oh, you sure are th' fly gazebo!

    The Definite Object | Jeffery Farnol
  • The Folly was a long two-storied house, with a tower or gazebo at one end.

British Dictionary definitions for gazebo

gazebo

/ (ɡəˈziːbəʊ) /


nounplural -bos or -boes
  1. a summerhouse, garden pavilion, or belvedere, sited to command a view

Origin of gazebo

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C18: perhaps a pseudo-Latin coinage based on gaze

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