breezeway

English

Etymology

From breeze +‎ way.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːzˌweɪ/

Noun

breezeway (plural breezeways)

1. A covered walkway, with open sides, that connects two buildings.

   One of his favorite pastimes was strolling through the breezeway on warm spring afternoons.

2. (Mid-Atlantic US) The space between two groups of rowhouses in the middle of a city block.

Hyponyms

• dogtrot (“the central breezeway within a dogtrot house”)