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Alfresco vs Verandah - What's the difference?

alfresco | verandah |

As an adjective alfresco

is outdoors, open to the atmosphere.

As an adverb alfresco

is outdoors; in fresh air.

As a noun verandah is

an alternative spelling of lang=en.

alfresco

English

Alternative forms

* al fresco

Adjective

(-)
  • Outdoors, open to the atmosphere
    • The walking district features many alfresco cafés.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Outdoors; in fresh air.
    • As it was a sunny afternoon, we decided to dine alfresco on the patio.

    verandah

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1818 , Jane Austen, Persuasion :
    • and yet, though desirous to be gone, she could not quit the Mansion House, or look an adieu to the Cottage, with its black, dripping, and comfortless verandah , or even notice through the misty glasses the last humble tenements of the village, without a saddened heart.
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    • , passage=There was no moon, only stars set brilliantly in the soft black onyx of the sky?: a black night and very silent on Cimiez?; and a black and silent prospect from the verandah