Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An outdoor space for dining or recreation that adjoins a residence and is often paved.
- n. A roofless inner courtyard, typically found in Spanish and Spanish-style dwellings.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Spain and Spanish-American countries, a court or inclosure connected with a house, and open to the sky.
Wiktionary
- n. A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
- n. An inner courtyard typical of traditional Spanish houses.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Metal) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation.
- n. In Spain, Spanish America, etc., a court or courtyard of a house or other building; esp., an inner court open to the sky.
- n. A usually paved area adjacent to a dwelling, used for outdoor lounging, dining, receptions of guests, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
Etymologies
- Spanish patio, either from Provençal patu or pati, from Latin pactum ("pact, agreement") or from Latin patere ("to lie open"). (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, from Old Spanish, possibly from Old Provençal patu, pati, pasture, perhaps from Latin pactum, agreement; see pact. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Like decorating every other space that resides inside your home, the furniture for your patio is also governed by the available space.”
“In truth, the patio is the hub of activity for a large and loving family.”
“The quiet in the patio is a sharp contrast to the busy streets outside.”
“Given the beautiful summer weather, the patio is also open to enjoy.”
“The patio is going to end up looking very leafy if I succeed with any of this.”
“One look at the retro-shaped swimming pool and curved brick patio is enough to cue the lounge music and break out the cocktails, but the home is still enough of a blank slate to encourage what the official listing calls a "re-interpretation" of the home into a "Martini Modern style.”
The Huffington Post: Manuel Seff Residence (1951) Designed by Kenneth Lind AIA
“In the back patio is another bar and cigar room, with a display case of stogies for sale ($15).”
“This chill session at Little Miss Whiskey's makes great use of its patio, which isn't always available during peak nights because the crowds are too large.”
The Washington Post: Nightlife Agenda: Paul Oakenfold, Michael Mayer and outdoor parties
“Galaxy Hut I love the Galaxy Hut's tiny patio, which is about as wide as a downtown sidewalk.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘patio’.
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Unknown
coalition, cabinet, tweet, defuse, steep, ancestral, mindset, breach, infraction, egregious, curb, backbite and 282 more...
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fasten-ating
a reflection on the Indo-European root pag & pak to fasten
peace, pay, patio, fay, fang, impact, pax, newfangled, pagan, peasant, pectin, spinto and 58 more...
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The braggadocio recipe
A selection of English* words ending with a vowel (except "y", "ea", ie", "ee", "oo", "ea", "ou") that is REALLY pronounced.
My favorite English words, by the way.
The good twin of The ...braggadocio, recipe, encyclopedia, solo, gnu, flu, maybe, apocope, mini, arrhythmia, folio, stereo and 197 more...
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Daily
Daily Vocab List
lull, pious, lurid, objurgate, insurgent, lewd, patio, onus, lampoon, geisha, larceny, maim and 206 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (P)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
pagan, page, pageant, pageboy, pagoda, paisley, paladin, palfrey, paling, pampas grass, pan, panoply and 194 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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D's Words
If you could "tag" people....
allemande, bebop, excessive, assiduous, bailiwick, bandana, befuddle, busker, disconcerting, clothespin, cogitate, cultivar and 55 more...
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hatful of hollow
some of the words immortalised by Morrissey on Hatful of Hollow
humdrum, rain, ashamed, sick, blushed, mammary, conjugal, punctured, desolate, decree, dull, plain and 24 more...
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Mimi and Bobo
words that remind me of my grandparents
skunks, caboose, patio, jamoke, baroness, chip, marbles, commode, dogwood, hydrangea, linoleum, driftwood and 30 more...
Tweets
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