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pavilion

pavilion


pa·vil·ion    Audio Help   (pə-vĭl'yən)   

n.  

  1. An ornate tent.

    1. A light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs: a picnic pavilion.

    2. A usually temporary structure erected at a fair or show for use by an exhibitor: the French pavilion at the World's Fair.

    3. A large structure housing sports or entertainment facilities; an arena.

  3. A structure or another building connected to a larger building; an annex.

  4. One of a group of related buildings forming a complex, as of a hospital.

  5. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gem, slanting outward from the culet to the girdle.

tr.v.   pa·vil·ioned, pa·vil·ion·ing, pa·vil·ions

  1. To cover or furnish with or as if with a pavilion.

  2. To put in or as if in a pavilion.


[Middle English pavilon, from Old French pavillon, from Latin pāpiliō, pāpiliōn-, butterfly, tent.]
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