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View synonyms for mews

mews

/ mjuːz /

noun

  1. a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings

  2. the buildings around a mews

  3. informal,  an individual residence in a mews

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mews1

C14: pl of mew ³, originally referring to royal stables built on the site of hawks' mews at Charing Cross in London

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