Definition of "breezeway" [breezeway]

• A roofed, open-sided passageway connecting two structures, such as a house and a garage. (noun)

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• "The breezeway was the same room where she had often spoken to me on the telephone while watching TV or painting her nails or drying her hair."
• "A breezeway was the only air conditioning they had back then."
• "Or rather, onto a little open-sided but roofed passage called by some, I believe, by that awful word breezeway."