Question

atrium Best of all, their new home had a large atrium, where they could eat breakfast in the fresh air in spring and summer. ˈeɪtriəm

Accepted Answer

(1) An open rectangular patio around which a house is built. (2) A court with a skylight in a many-storied building. In malls and grand office buildings today, the enclosed atrium, often with full-size trees growing in it and high indoor balconies with hanging vines, has become a common architectural feature. But the original atria (notice the unusual plural) were open to the sky and occupied the center of a house or villa in ancient Rome. The open Roman courtyard allowed air to circulate and light to enter, and even its plantings helped cool the house. Situating the cooking fireplace in the atrium was another way of keeping the house itself cool. Still today, houses around the Mediterranean Sea and in tropical Latin America often have internal courtyards

word	atrium
definition	(1) An open rectangular patio around which a house is built. (2) A court with a skylight in a many-storied building.
eg_sentence	Best of all, their new home had a large atrium, where they could eat breakfast in the fresh air in spring and summer.
explanation	In malls and grand office buildings today, the enclosed atrium, often with full-size trees growing in it and high indoor balconies with hanging vines, has become a common architectural feature. But the original atria (notice the unusual plural) were open to the sky and occupied the center of a house or villa in ancient Rome. The open Roman courtyard allowed air to circulate and light to enter, and even its plantings helped cool the house. Situating the cooking fireplace in the atrium was another way of keeping the house itself cool. Still today, houses around the Mediterranean Sea and in tropical Latin America often have internal courtyards
IPA	ˈeɪtriəm

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