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cabana

cabana

30 6.7
A small shelter by a beach or pool where you change clothes and relax
  • noun
  • /kəˈbænə/
translation icon : cabaña
  • We relaxed in the cabana by the pool after swimming all afternoon.
  • pool cabana
  • beach cabana
  • a private cabana

So I came in the cabana and we started talking.

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Examples

  • During our vacation, we enjoyed lunch in a private cabana overlooking the ocean.

  • Mandala has a beautiful stretch of mature palm trees and very nice cabanas to hang your hammocks.

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  • We just ordered lunch, so we're just going to eat some lunch in the cabana by the pool.

  • In the cabana out by the pool.

  • A cabana on a hot, tropical beach.

  • From the shelter of the cabana, Vic watched the gray surf.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Bergman and his crew emerge from the small cabana.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Barbara and I have taken to light exercise in the pool and lounging beside the cabana.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • See, there's a pool with the cabanas here, and there's a nine-hole golf course.

  • The poolside cabanas are nice grass shacks and comprise refrigerators, phones, and misting systems.

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Synonyms

palapa
vscabana
  • US
2 9.3

An open shelter with a roof of dried palm leaves for shade at beaches

is a more enclosed, tent-like shelter often beside pools for changing and relaxing

Antonyms

38 4.6

Being without protection from cold, wind, or rain

8 1.0

Outside in a place that is not covered

How Comfortable

beach house
46 2.0
bungalow
49 2.7
cabana
30 6.7
cabin
351 1.0
hut
217 1.0
shack
131 1.8

Surface Forms

cabana singular
cabanas plural

Etymology

Cabana comes from the Spanish word cabaña, which meant a 'hut' or 'small house' and is related to the English word cabin. So a cabana is like a small cabin by the sea or pool where you change, rest, or find shade.