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[ roh-tuhn-duh ] / roʊˈtʌn də / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rotunda ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna round building, especially one with a dome. a large and high circular hall or room in a building, especially one surmounted by a dome. Origin of rotunda1680–90; alteration of Italian rotonda, noun use of feminine of rotondo<Latin rotundusrotund Words nearby rotundarotten to the core, rotter, Rotterdam, Rottweiler, rotund, rotunda, rotundity, roturier, ROU, Rouault, Roubaix Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rotundaTough women with children at home curled up in the rotunda at the foot of the grand staircase. The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then a newscaster would break in with some ratatattat announcement that amounted to nothing, and then it was back to the rotunda. The JFK Assassination: The Long Weekend That Never Ended|Malcolm Jones|November 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST A statue commemorating this feat was later placed above the south door of the rotunda in the Capitol at Washington. The Way to the West|Emerson Hough The floors of the gallery which engird the rotunda, and the winding stairs leading to them, are of iron. Norman's New Orleans and Environs|B. M. Norman
Passing to one side, she gained the door, threw back the bolt, and hurried out into the rotunda. Carmen Ariza|Charles Francis Stocking Loud coughing drowns the noises, and then the rotunda door opens with a plaintive screech. Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman Stannard was in the rotunda, and when Laura and Dillon advanced he smiled. Northwest!|Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for rotunda
nouna building or room having a circular plan, esp one that has a dome Word Origin for rotundaC17: from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotundus round, from rota a wheel 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 rotundastall, booth, newsstand, arbor, hallway, entrance, room, gallery, foyer, lobby, stand, bandstand, club, house, dive, joint, track, saloon, hall, bank |