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patio
[ pat-ee-oh, pah-tee-oh ]
noun
- an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- a courtyard, especially of a house, enclosed by low buildings or walls.
patio
/ ˈpætɪˌəʊ /
noun
- an open inner courtyard, esp one in a Spanish or Spanish-American house
- an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
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Origin of patio1
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Example Sentences
But when Summer comes around what I really do is spend a lot of time on the patio having cocktails.
A young girl can be seen lying on garden patio steps, surrounded by various plant pots.
A more conventional way of burning yourself over the summer involves that patio favorite, the outdoor grill.
I oblige and we begin chain-smoking on the patio of the Trump International Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
Officers said the couple reportedly stayed up late often relaxing on their patio.
“Adios,” he repeated, and his spurs tinkled as he strode through the patio to the portal where the saddle horses were waiting.
She seemed scarcely to hear him as she sped along the patio towards the locked door.
The buildings consisted of a large, flat-roofed house, stretching round two sides of a patio.
The leaders ran together in the large patio of the quinta, shouting contradictory orders which no one obeyed.
Excited men rushed out into the patio as they heard her voice, not comprehending what she said amid the roar of musketry.
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