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[ puh-vil-yuhn ] / pəˈvɪl yən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pavilion ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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. Origin of pavilion1250–1300; Middle English pavilon<Old French paveillon<Latin pāpiliōn- (stem of pāpiliō) butterfly OTHER WORDS FROM pavilionun·pa·vil·ioned, adjectiveWords nearby pavilionpaver, Pavese, pave the way, Pavia, pavid, pavilion, pavilion roof, pavillon, pavillon Chinois, paving, paving stone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pavilionThe northern pavilion remains, and is occupied by Louis Vuitton. Apple’s ‘most ambitious’ new store is a departure from its signature design|claychandler|September 8, 2020|Fortune There was even a socially distanced Fourth of July pig roast on its sprawling outdoor pavilion. Pick Your Poison|Nick Mancall-Bitel|September 3, 2020|Eater “Doctor Zhivago could not be handed out at the American pavilion, but the CIA had an ally nearby,” Finn and Couvée write. Why the CIA Loved ‘Doctor Zhivago’|Kevin Canfield|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST The piece suggests that Warhol was ultimately OK—and, quite possibly, pleased—with how the Pavilion affair went down. The Most Wanted Warhol: A Scandal at the 1964 World’s Fair|Jessica Dawson|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Art in its informative mode, in a video installation by Ali Kazma, in the Turkish pavilion of this year's Venice biennale. From Bodybuilders to Bondage Queens|Blake Gopnik|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST This is a moment from "The Imitation of Life", Mathias Poledna's projection in the Austrian pavilion of the Biennale gardens. Disney Meets Duchamp|Blake Gopnik|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST He said they will seek an order that requires the pavilion to be "open to all on an equal basis." Here's Where Marriage Equality and Religious Protections Clash|Justin Green|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST At this point he left the pavilion and hailed his fellow rambler by night in a cautious undertone. Is there any one about to steal the staircase of the Louvre, or the clock from the pavilion of the Tuileries? Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II)|Charles James Lever He had185 an air of wandering aimlessly so that his arrival at the pavilion seemed quite a matter of chance. Tom Slade's Double Dare|Percy Keese Fitzhugh Stand or take a seat by the railing of the garden opposite the Pavilion Sully. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3|Various It was the lady of the pavilion underneath the pines, the lady of the evening light and of the midnight storm. The Black Douglas|S. R. Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for pavilion
nounBritish 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 (tr) literaryto place or set in or as if in a pavilionpavilioned in splendour to provide with a pavilion or pavilions Word Origin for pavilionC13: from Old French pavillon canopied structure, from Latin pāpiliō butterfly, tent Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pavilionstructure, awning, canopy, cover, dome, covering |