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colonnade

[kol-uh-neyd] Example Sentences Origin

col·on·nade

[kol-uh-neyd]
noun
1.
Architecture. a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof. Compare arcade.
2.
a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.

Origin:
1710–20; < French, equivalent to colonne column + -ade -ade1, on the model of Italian colonnato

col·on·nad·ed, adjective
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Colonnade is always a great word to know.
So is stele. Does it mean:
a prepared surface on the face of a building or a rock bearing an inscription
the landscaping and other nearby environmental features shown on a rendering of a building
Example Sentences
  • Two players, fiercely engaged in the rivalries of the game, squatting in the shade of a colonnade and laughing.
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colonnade (ˌkɒləˈneɪd)
 
n
1.  a set of evenly-spaced columns
2.  a row of regularly spaced trees
 
[C18: from French, from colonnecolumn; on the model of Italian colonnato, from colonna column]
 
colon'naded
 
adj

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colonnade
1718, from Fr. colonnade, from It. colonnato, from colonna, from L. columna "pillar" (see hill).
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