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pavilion
[ puh-vil-yuhn ]
noun
- a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair.
- any of a number of separate or attached buildings forming a hospital or the like.
- Architecture. a projecting element of a façade, used especially at the center or at each end and usually treated so as to suggest a tower.
- a tent, especially a large and elaborate one.
- a small, ornamental building in a garden.
- Also called base. Jewelry. the part of a cut gem below the girdle.
verb (used with object)
- to shelter in or as if in a pavilion.
- to furnish with pavilions.
pavilion
/ ±èəˈ±¹Éª±ôÂáÉ™²Ô /
noun
- a building at a sports ground, esp a cricket pitch, in which players change
- a summerhouse or other decorative shelter
- a building or temporary structure, esp one that is open and ornamental, for housing exhibitions
- a large ornate tent, esp one with a peaked top, as used by medieval armies
- one of a set of buildings that together form a hospital or other large institution
- one of four main facets on a brilliant-cut stone between the girdle and the culet
verb
- to place or set in or as if in a pavilion
pavilioned in splendour
- to provide with a pavilion or pavilions
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ôp²¹Â·±¹¾±±ôi´Ç²Ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pavilion1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pavilion1
Example Sentences
In 1951, his collections were sold off and the pavilions and pergolas he built were knocked down.
He launched his home run to the right field pavilion, not far from where Gibson’s ball landed 36 years earlier.
Read said Peebles "knew his music & cricket inside out. Raise your bat & enjoy a long rest in the pavilion".
Neighbouring Bletchingley Parish Council offered the use of its sports pavilion in Grange Meadow for evacuated residents.
And he contrasted the dome with the category A-listed cricket pavilion at The Grange Club, which is home to the Scotland national cricket team.
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