: a roofed often open passage connecting two buildings (such as a house and garage) or halves of a building
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One delivery attempt by Glastonbury Oil Co. was so stymied that the delivery hose had to be snaked through the front door of a breezeway and out a back door to reach the oil fill pipe.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
During the meeting, district officials said some of the Tax Increment funding may be used to add a breezeway to connect Eubanks Intermediate School and Dawson Middle School.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
Ironically, a series of photos of women in tight-fitting attire, posing suggestively on cars to promote an automotive computer accessory, hung in a convention center breezeway.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2025
The same happened with the breezeway leading into the Rose Garden.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
During the meeting, district officials said some of the Tax Increment funding may be used to add a breezeway to connect Eubanks Intermediate School and Dawson Middle School.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
Ironically, a series of photos of women in tight-fitting attire, posing suggestively on cars to promote an automotive computer accessory, hung in a convention center breezeway.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2025
The same happened with the breezeway leading into the Rose Garden.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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breezeway
noun
breeze·way
ˈbrēz-ˌwā 
: an open passage connecting two buildings (as a house and garage)
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