Meaning & use
Pergola
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An outdoor structure consisting of vertical posts supporting a lattice or open roof, often used to support climbing plants and provide partial shade.
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Grapevines wound their way up the wooden pergola in the courtyard.
They hosted the wedding reception beneath a flower-covered pergola.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Italian, the word originally referred to a projecting eave in Latin (pergula).
Words with a similar meaning
arbortrellis
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