Definition of "gazebo" [gazebo]

• A freestanding, roofed, usually open-sided structure providing a shady resting place. (noun)
• A belvedere. (noun)

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• "Perhaps your dad was going to make a screened in gazebo or a really large playhouse near the lake."
• "In front of the gazebo is vehicle parking and the edge of the overlook toward the lake."
• "The gazebo is made of concrete with supporting pillars amazingly all formed to look exactly like tree trunks and branches."
• "Old Lady Clara calls the gazebo “the bandstand”—as if Dick Clark himself were there dancing to the bandstand boogie."