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gazebo.

A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡəˈziːbəʊ/UK/ɡəˈziːboʊ/US
  1. A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.

  2. A dismountable shelter comprising a roof or awning supported by poles, and often having removable sides; a canopy tent

  3. a gaudy, incongruous, or flimsy structure or object

    Ireland · derogatory
Where this word comes from

Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.

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