Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: piazza
IPA transcription: [pi'æzə]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: plaza, place, piazza
    Meaning: a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
Usage examples
  • upon the cool and still piazza
  • I was sitting on the piazza after dinner.
  • The big piazza is for the hot, still afternoons of summer.
  • He was patrolling the narrow piazza which fronted the house.
  • An instantaneous shout rang through the Piazza, "Behold the answer!"
  • It seemed as if the piazza had been decorated for a real Florentine holiday.
  • He looked down into a piazza and he saw two figures there, a man and a woman.
  • As Philip approached the hotel he saw what appeared to be a wild beast crouching on the piazza.
  • Besides, Mr. Hammond said he would show me about my algebra if I'd go out on the piazza this minute."
  • "It wasn't remarkable at all," Dolly declared, as soon as he was gone. "It was just because you said that on the piazza that night."