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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
/ ˈæɪˌəʊ /
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
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of patio1
Example Sentences
Need suggestions for where to host a big birthday party on a restaurant patio?
The legendary saga of “meat chair,” a wildly expensive single item of patio furniture that was, for a time, regretfully on display in the deli area, hence the name.
Chris also discovered the patio doors were not sufficiently sealed, letting in cold air, and identified a number of issues he put down to poor workmanship or materials.
Another bite lands me on a patio in South Carolina, asking for a second ramekin of honey butter to go alongside a hot basket of cornbread-like hushpuppies like I have no shame.
More than eight years ago, his wife’s lover and an accomplice fatally stabbed celebrity hair stylist Fabio Sementilli on his Woodland Hills patio in what was made to look like a home invasion gone wrong.
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