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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Spanish

patio

 noun
     
NEW! See related topics: HOUSEOUTDOOR
pat‧i‧o plural patios [countable]
DHHDLO a flat hard area near a house, where people sit outside
WORD FOCUS: garden WORD FOCUS: garden
parts of a garden: lawn, flowerbed, hedge, patio, rockery, pond, greenhouse, compost heap, kitchen garden
things you do in the garden: cut the grass/mow the lawn, weed the flowerbeds, sow seeds, plant flowers/bushes/trees, water the plants, cut back/prune roses and other bushes, trim the hedge

➔ See also garden
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