Definition of piazzanext
dialect
as in porch
a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building let's enjoy our mint juleps out on the piazza

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Recent Examples of piazza Earlier, Leo addressed some 50,000 faithful from an open-air altar in St. Peter's Square flanked with white roses, while the steps leading down to the piazza where the faithful gathered were filled with spring perennials, symbolically resonating with the pope's words. Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2026 The campus, like other KLA Schools, will have a piazza to serve as a gathering place for students and families and an atelier to encourage collaboration and creativity. Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Apr. 2026 Italian piazzas are covered by retractable, UV-filtering canopies, deployed each morning like futuristic umbrellas against an invisible downpour. Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 The piazza will be a shallow concrete or stone bowl, 300 feet in diameter, a bit more than an acre and a half. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for piazza
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porch
Noun
  • One prompted stories of an old cowboy sitting alone on a porch, surveying a ghost town; another prompted stories about a sun rising over a meadow, where tiny creatures awakened and started to frolic.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Southerners love a porch, and on that porch, there must be hanging baskets.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 May 2026

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“Piazza.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piazza. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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