Main Entry: ex·e·dra

Pronunciation: \ˈek-sə-drə\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural ex·e·drae \-ˌdrē, -ˌdrī\ or ex·e·dras

Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from ex- + hedra seat — more at sit

Date: 1659

1 : a room (as in a temple or house) in ancient Greece and Rome used for conversation and formed by an open or columned recess often semicircular in shape and furnished with seats
2 : a large outdoor nearly semicircular seat with a solid back