A pavilion is a building on the edge of a sports field where players can change their clothes and wash.
[British]
...the cricket pavilion.
2. countable noun
A pavilion is a large temporary structure such as a tent, which is used at outdoor public events.
...heading across the beautiful green lawn towards the International Pavilion.
...the United States pavilion at the Expo '70 exhibition in Japan.
3. countable noun [usually with supplement]
A pavilion is an ornamental building in a garden or park.
...Humphrey Repton's design for a garden pavilion at Durham Park.
pavilion in British English
(pəˈvɪljən)
noun
1. British
a building at a sports ground, esp a cricket pitch, in which players change
2.
a summerhouse or other decorative shelter
3.
a building or temporary structure, esp one that is open and ornamental, for housing exhibitions
4.
a large ornate tent, esp one with a peaked top, as used by medieval armies
5.
one of a set of buildings that together form a hospital or other large institution
6.
one of four main facets on a brilliant-cut stone between the girdle and the culet
verb(transitive) literary
7.
to place or set in or as if in a pavilion
pavilioned in splendour
8.
to provide with a pavilion or pavilions
Word origin
C13: from Old French pavillon canopied structure, from Latin pāpiliō butterfly, tent
pavilion in American English
(pəˈvɪljən)
noun
1.
a large tent, usually with a peaked top
2.
a.
a building or part of a building, often partly open and highly ornamented, used for entertainment, exhibits, etc., as at a fair or park
b.
a decorative shelter or summerhouse
3.
part of a building jutting out from the main part and often ornamented
4.
any of the separate or connected parts of a group of related buildings, as of a hospital or sanitarium
5.
the part of a brilliant-cut gem between the girdle and the culet
verb transitive
6.
to furnish with or shelter in or as in a pavilion
Word origin
ME pavilon < OFr pavillon < L papilio, butterfly, also tent (from its shape): see papilionaceous
Examples of 'pavilion' in a sentence
pavilion
The old pavilion is as it was.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The old pavilion is as it was.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is also planning consent for a cricket pitch and pavilion.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The bungalow is tightly inserted into the older pavilion like a ship in a bottle.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
And they drank it behind the cricket pavilion before assembly.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The spa and yoga pavilions are set in a veritable Eden of exotic foliage.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
His big idea for the British pavilion is to combine the two.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was saved from destruction in 1986 when the club built a new pavilion.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They were like an old run-down cricket pavilion with bare boards on the floor.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
It looked terrific as well, with two huge stands framing the beautiful old pavilion.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They have been offered use of the local cricket pavilion and in return the school will offer local residents use of their facilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A new pavilion for weddings is under construction.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The treatment centre and yoga pavilions are built into the hill with glorious sea views, and some massages are given in the open air.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Our pavilion's unique design is a real showcase of British creativity and innovation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The British Pavilion could be his comeback.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Pip thought the British pavilion "very bad'.
Paul Preston DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain (2002)
The hotel has a spa with herbal steam rooms, massage, a yoga pavilion and an infinity pool.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There was a pavilion overlooking the pitch and through the window I could see the heads of some of the players inside.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
They serve as a link between pavilions and buildings, and also as freestanding covered walkways providing shade from the sun and a dry refuge in a shower.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
When the pavilions open their doors in three weeks' time, building will have stopped and with it significant copper demand.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
All six bedrooms are ensuite and the house has two outdoor sitting rooms, a pool, a massage pavilion and tropical gardens.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To be completed in the new year, there will be a spa with treatment rooms and a pool, plus a yoga pavilion.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It opened in 1906, and there are plans for a new pavilion that will include extra sunbathing spots and space for exercise classes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A big, shiny yellow sculpture stands at the top of the steps leading to the British pavilion.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Surely it will be torched soon, like the old bowling green pavilion, and will make all efforts to improve the neighbourhood seem naive and hopeless.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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British English: pavilion /pəˈvɪljən/ NOUN
A pavilion is a building on the edge of a sports field where players can change their clothes and wash.