Definition of colonnade
:a series of columns set at regular intervals and usually supporting the base of a roof structure
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A colonnade surrounds the courtyard.
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The colonnade and spire call attention to the church.
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Rather than taking a seat among the senior staff who attended, Spicer, who spent much of the day in his office with the door closed, emerged suddenly in the White House colonnade to give reporters updates on when the news conference would begin.
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Since then, the astounding neoclassical street-level arcade and first-floor Corinthian colonnade has played witness to some of the city’s most seminal events.
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Visitors will enter the courtyard through an elegant 1909 stone colonnade designed by one of the architects of the original Victoria and Albert Museum, Aston Webb.
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The grand colonnaded entrance is an exact line-by-line copy of the famous colonnade of Palazzo Spada in Rome, where Vreeland has another home.
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The grand colonnaded entrance is an exact line-by-line copy of the famous colonnade of Palazzo Spada in Rome, where Vreeland has another home.
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Still standing, however, are most of the stately colonnades lined up for nearly a mile along the main boulevard.
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The courtyard — with walls plastered in a unique silken lime-and-egg mixture — is ringed by a pillared, covered colonnade, often topped with a mezzanine.
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Origin and Etymology of colonnade
French, from Italian colonnato, from colonna column
COLONNADE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of colonnade for English Language Learners
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: a row of columns usually holding up a roof
COLONNADE Defined for Kids
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Definition of colonnade for Students
:a row of columns usually supporting a roof
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