gazebo
noun
ga·ze·bo
gə-ˈzē-(ˌ)bō 
also -ˈzā-
plural gazebos
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: a freestanding roofed structure usually open on the sides
Examples of gazebo in a Sentence
a gazebo on the mansion's south lawn
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
Is paradise a bland suburbia with a quaint downtown selling specialty ice cream to be eaten under a nearby gazebo?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Once everyone was accounted for, all that was left was to have the wedding in the courtyard gazebo.
—Becca Andrews, Them, 13 Jan. 2025
Beyond a bench and a gazebo, there’s a little beach studded with boulders and hemmed in by seagrass.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for gazebo
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“Gazebo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gazebo. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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gazebo
noun
ga·ze·bo
gə-ˈzē-bō
plural gazebos
: a freestanding roofed structure usually open on the sides
Etymology
perhaps from gaze and Latin -ebo, as in videbo "I shall see"
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