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Definition of “gazebo”

gazebo (ɡəˈziːbəʊ Pronunciation for gazebo

Definitions

noun

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

Word Origin

C18: perhaps a pseudo-Latin coinage based on gaze

Synonyms

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= pavilion, summer house

Example Sentences Including 'gazebo'

A gazebo would be perfect, or, if there is not enough room, a small seat and arbor.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)
A roving stage and a gazebo will be placed at taxi ranks, and various TV, radio and print advertisements will be flighted.
SA Star (2005)
From the family room, there are views of the English-style gardens and a gazebo over the dam.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)
She gets up and starts staggering around the small gazebo like a robot, with her arms held out in front of her.
Scarlett Thomas POPCO (2004)
She has bought 30 lilac, pink, blue and white helium balloons that float to the top of the gazebo in the paved garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
The gazebo is silent, bar the occasional hoot of a wood pigeon.
Victoria Coren, Charlie Skelton ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING: How we tried to make the greatest porn film ever (2002)
There is also a gazebo built of Argyll oak which houses a scriptorium, the view from which is outstanding.
Country Life (2005)
There's a gazebo deep in the forest: old, with chipped paint on the outside and rusty hinges.
Scarlett Thomas POPCO (2004)

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