annexe

Attached secondary structure

Annexe is the British spelling of annex—a building attached to or associated with a main structure, typically providing supplementary space: The library annexe houses the rare book collection.

It may also refer to an addition to a document.

The verb, usually spelled annex in both British and American English, means to add or attach, especially territory.

building

wing

Limb enabling flight

pavilion · conservatory · atrium · dependency · adjunct · guesthouse · gatehouse · lodge · quarters · ell

expansion

extension

Added part or duration

augmentation · extra · broadening · amplification · enhancement · accretion · growth · development · increment · elaboration

document

appendix

Supplementary section after main text

rider · codicil · schedule · enclosure · exhibit · afterword · postscript · epilogue

Categories
Opposites
structural relationship to main building

annexemain building

Primary structure of complex

main house · headquarters · nucleus · main hall · central hub

political/territorial action

annexecede

Formally surrender possession

relinquish · surrender · secede · liberate · release

Phrases
Family

annex, annexation, annexes, annexed, annexing, unannexed

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