breezeway

English

Etymology

breeze +‎ way

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːzˌweɪ/

Noun

breezeway (plural breezeways)

(Upper Midwestern US) A covered walkway, with open sides, that connects two buildings.
One of his favorite pastimes was strolling through the breezeway on warm spring afternoons.
(Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Baltimore) The space between two groups of rowhouses in the middle of a city block.

Hyponyms

dogtrot (“the central breezeway within a dogtrot house”)

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