breezeway

noun

breeze·​way ˈbrēz-ˌwā How to pronounce breezeway (audio)
: a roofed often open passage connecting two buildings (such as a house and garage) or halves of a building

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Accessed via a breezeway is the recreation cottage, which is primed for entertaining with a fireside great room sporting a wet bar, a covered porch, and a fire pit beyond. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 May 2025 Liz Hamel, 18, was found unconscious outside a dorm on the campus of the University of California Santa Barbara Feb. 14 after apparently falling from a breezeway. Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025 Officers arrived at the scene shortly before midnight and found Adeyemo-Azeez lying unresponsive in a breezeway, police said. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025 Doorbell security footage from a neighbor appeared to show Whitehead meeting her two sons in the breezeway outside Roosevelt Williams’ apartment and handing one of them a gun, police said in the arrest affidavit. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for breezeway

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of breezeway was in 1930

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“Breezeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breezeway. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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breezeway

noun
breeze·​way ˈbrēz-ˌwā How to pronounce breezeway (audio)
: an open passage connecting two buildings (as a house and garage)

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