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[ kol-uh-neyd ] / ˌkɒl əˈneɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR colonnade ON THESAURUS.COM
nounArchitecture. a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.Compare arcade. a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road. Origin of colonnade1710–20; <French, equivalent to colonnecolumn + -ade-ade1, on the model of Italian colonnato OTHER WORDS FROM colonnadecol·on·nad·ed, adjectiveWords nearby colonnadecolonist, colonitis, colonization, colonize, Colonna, colonnade, colonnette, colonopathy, colonorrhagia, colonorrhea, colonoscope Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for colonnadeIn the carving, the temple is depicted with a classical pediment front and a colonnade of columns supporting the structure. Iraq’s Long-Lost Mythical Temple Has Been Found…and Is In Danger of Disappearing Again|Nina Strochlic|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Inside the colonnade there were supposed to be statues of 30 famous Revolutionary War heroes. Weird Washington Monument History|William O’Connor|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST As I have previously written in another account, our father led us down the colonnade that runs past the Oval Office. Michael Daly: My Last Day With JFK|Michael Daly|November 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Obama left the meeting, walked across the colonnade past the Rose Garden to the residence, to make a decision. How Obama Got Bin Laden: A Detailed Account From ‘Showdown’ by David Corn|David Corn|April 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The tall, unbranching gray spruce-trunks rose round it like the pillars of a colonnade. Tenting To-night|Mary Roberts Rinehart The only reason given by Prof. Drpfeld for the colonnade is that access might be had to the Nike temple. Problems in Periclean Buildings|G. W. Elderkin But, when she had refused to let him walk back with her, Summerhay stood stock-still beneath the colonnade. Evelyn thought of the picture of the colonnade in the gallery. Evelyn Innes|George Moore She held out both hands, but, instead of approaching her, he opened a glass door leading to the colonnade and disappeared. A Speckled Bird|Augusta J. Evans Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for colonnade
nouna set of evenly-spaced columns a row of regularly spaced trees Derived forms of colonnadecolonnaded, adjectiveWord Origin for colonnadeC18: from French, from colonne column; on the model of Italian colonnato, from colonna column 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 colonnadeportico, arcade, mezzanine, corridor, cloister, gallery, veranda, peristyle, pillars, columniation |