as in courtyard
an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)
there's a patio in the center of the apartment complex
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Recent Examples of patio
The restaurant is 7,000 square feet and will seat 130 diners indoors (an outdoor patio is scheduled to open later this year).
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
While the dining room is scaled back, the Main Street spot still has a full-service food and drink menu and about 45 seats, with another 16 seats on the patio when the weather’s nice.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Much of the frame is filled by a large patio where several stone masons are working.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
The restaurant now has a spunky logo and a front patio.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
While the dining room is scaled back, the Main Street spot still has a full-service food and drink menu and about 45 seats, with another 16 seats on the patio when the weather’s nice.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Much of the frame is filled by a large patio where several stone masons are working.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
The restaurant now has a spunky logo and a front patio.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patio
Noun
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But when the pope arrived in the courtyard, the whole atmosphere completely changed.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Prine’s legacy at Stella’s is remembered with a colorful mural painted on a large fence at the back of the restaurant’s courtyard.—
Ken Perrotte,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At the castle's quadrangle, a formal honor guard was presented and inspected by Trump and the king.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The royals and their guests observed rows of guards in bearskins on the quadrangle, and the U.K. and U.S. national anthems played.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Patio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patio. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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