"breezeway" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹiːzˌweɪ/ Forms: breezeways [plural]
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  1. A covered walkway, with open sides, that connects two buildings.
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  2. (Mid-Atlantic US) The space between two groups of rowhouses in the middle of a city block. Tags: Mid-Atlantic, US
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: dogtrot (english: the central breezeway within a dogtrot house) Related terms: wind tunnel
Categories (other): Architecture Disambiguation of Architecture: 0 0

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