breezeway

/ˈbɹiːzˌweɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

noun

American usage

"One of his favorite pastimes was strolling through the breezeway on warm spring afternoons."
"If you are on a higher level and can't get to a lower apartment, hunker down in the breezeway of the apartment building"

Etymology tree English breeze Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wegaz Proto-West Germanic *weg Old English weġ Middle English wey English way English breezeway From breeze + way.

breezeways (plural)

wind tunnel

wind tunnel

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