breeze

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breeze1

▶noun

• 1 a gentle wind.

• 2 informal something easy to do.

▶verb informal come or go in a casual or cheerful manner.

■ (breeze through) deal with or accomplish with ease.

– origin C16 (in sense ‘NE wind’): prob. from Old Sp. and Port. briza.

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breeze2

▶noun small cinders mixed with sand and cement to make breeze blocks.

– origin C16: from Fr. braise, brese ‘live coals’.