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patio

[pat-ee-oh, pah-tee-oh] / ˈpæt iˌoʊ, ˈpɑ tiˌoʊ /
NOUN
porch
Synonyms


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There’s a private patio right outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Around her are patio tables displaying the kind of food the shop carried: pies and cakes, what appear to be stuffed tomatoes, baguettes, sophisticated deli salads, gorgeous hunks of cheese.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Local property owner Jon Janikies testified that the bill would allow the public to “destroy” his entire outdoor patio, “which I have enhanced with an outdoor bed, sink, television, fireplace, tables and chairs.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Speaking later to a group in the historic White House Rose Garden -- which Trump has remade into a patio similar to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida -- he lamented the lawsuits.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

In the patio, all four of us are draped over lawn chairs reading.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Many of the restaurants had patios busy with people.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

They have battled to keep their windows, patios and cars clean - and they have been unable to hang out their washing as piles of soot would gather on anything in their gardens.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

The spread features eight bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, plus a media room, four outdoor swimming pools, patios and terraces, and a 15-car garage.

From MarketWatch Jan. 5, 2026

Available in 55-, 65-, and 75-inch models, it fits everything from intimate patios to sprawling decks.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2025

Within just a block or two, you stop seeing modest apartment complexes and start seeing houses and luxury apartment buildings, restaurants with outdoor patios, and shops of all kinds.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson




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