annex
- noun
- /ˈænɛks/
- We're trapped in a huge government annex.
So we had to drive West down the coast, cut back in and come back a little bit through the desert and come back in to the consulate or to the annex.
- So we had to drive West down the coast, cut back in and come back a little bit through the desert and come back in to the consulate or to the annex.
- Well, there is a separate terrorist named Wassan bin Hamid who during that night took advantage and attacked the CIA annex.
- Toy museum quotes from Bible on walls, BB gun annex.
Examples
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How were they caught in the Secret Annex?
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Doctor, something has to be done about the noise in the annex.
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A friend of ours is staying at the annex.
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So we are in the Pacific Pinball Annex, where we house the majority of our collection.
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Jonah Expeditions' headquarters was an annex to a diving equipment shop, and I passed by once before noticing the sign.
Fiction book (1999) -
The new classroom was built as an annex to the main school building.
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They renovated the old barn and converted it into an annex for additional storage.
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The library includes a quiet reading annex for students who need a peaceful place to study.
Synonyms
A part of a building joined to the main part and used for a special purpose
Something added to make a building, road or object bigger
A small building on the same property as a house used to store tools or to work in
A building or part joined to a larger main building
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Annex comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and nectere 'to tie', the same idea you see in connect. So an annex is an extra building 'tied on' to a larger one.