patio
106
1.8
- noun
- /ˈpætiˌoʊ/
:
patio
- We'll have lunch on the patio and spend the whole afternoon together, just the two of us.
- patio furniture
- back patio
- room with a patio
Sorry, we were scrubbing the patio and now it's set up.
- Sorry, we were scrubbing the patio and now it's set up.
- You can photograph another Galaxy standing on the back patio of your studio.
- I was standing in the kitchen she was in on the back patio smoking a joint.
- I want to catch the guy from above, so I run to the patio, right?
- The countryside parents open a bottle of wine on the patio.
- The back, you might call that a patio.
- When it's kind of chilly and nice outside, we work on a patio.
Examples
-
Please, tell me why you would plant a tree... right in the middle of the patio.
-
And then beyond the dance floor is a door that opens up to a patio that's fenced off.
-
OK, here is our patio and sitting area.
-
We have our drink, we're out on the patio, you have prepared me for it.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mike and Laura sat down on the patio that morning.
Academic text (2007) -
From the loft room, we can walk out onto a kind of patio overlooking the countryside.
Academic text (1996) -
Customers sit on stools at the counter or at a patio table.
Academic text (2000) -
Six minutes after sitting down on the comfortable chaise lounge out on my patio, I fell asleep.
Fiction book (1991) -
You'll be taking lemonade with him on the patio.
-
We'll have lunch on the patio and spend the whole afternoon together, just the two of us.
Synonyms
42
3.4
A flat paved outdoor area next to a building for sitting
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Patio comes from the Spanish word patio, which means 'courtyard', an open area next to a house like a small yard. That's why a patio today is an outdoor, often paved, area by the house used for eating or relaxing.