pavilion

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pa·vil·ion | \ pə-ˈvil-yən

Definition of pavilion

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1a : a large often sumptuous tent the white pavilions of the Turkish irregular cavalry— A. H. Layard

b : something resembling a canopy or tent tree ferns spread their delicate pavilions— Blanche E. Baughan

2a : a part of a building projecting from the rest … rang the bell of the little pavilion …— Gertrude Stein

b : one of several detached or semidetached units into which a building is sometimes divided

3a : a usually open sometimes ornamental structure in a garden, park, or place of recreation that is used for entertainment or shelter a dance pavilion a band pavilion

b : a temporary structure erected at an exposition by an individual exhibitor visited the Chinese pavilion at the international exposition

4 : the lower faceted part of a brilliant below the girdle (see girdle entry 1 sense 2) — see brilliant illustration

pavilion

verb

pavilioned; pavilioning; pavilions

Definition of pavilion (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to furnish or cover with or put in a pavilion

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Noun The World's Fair had numerous pavilions. the park's pavilions may be rented for wedding receptions and other social gatherings

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Find Santa House in the pavilion along the Riverwalk, at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Webster Street, Naperville. — Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com, "15 Christmas, holiday things to do in the Chicago area with the kids," 24 Nov. 2019 At the temple near Thailand's mountainous border with Myanmar, the boys and their coach sat barefooted in a large pavilion in their orange robes. — Sakchai Lalit, Fox News, "Thailand's rescued cave boys end stay at Buddhist temple," 4 Aug. 2018 Stewart Beach, one of Galveston's most popular destinations, is due for a makeover with a new pavilion full of cool amenities. — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, "Photos: Makeover planned for Stewart Beach in Galveston," 3 Apr. 2018 More than 225 sustainable exhibits for home, garden and life; seven pavilions of green good earth living; 60 eco-friendly seminars. — oregonlive, "Homes and gardens events around Portland: holiday tours, book events, workshops and hikes," 29 Nov. 2019 The band is out of the orchestra pit and placed onstage in a tiki hut pavilion, like at a Caribbean resort. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, "Should you ‘Escape to Margaritaville’ or not? Musical hits Broward Center with Jimmy Buffett hits | Review," 20 Nov. 2019 Christelis once drove by to see a group constructing their own ad hoc wedding pavilion on the lawn — are an ongoing problem, and the trustees believe that achieving better recognition as a private entity would help mitigate those problems. — BostonGlobe.com, "Longfellow’s Wayside Inn," 4 Oct. 2019 Picasso, who had been commissioned by the Spanish Republican government to create a large mural for the Spanish pavilion at the 1937 Paris World’s Fair, used the eyewitness accounts of the bombing as the inspiration. — Fox News, "UN apologizes to Spain for mischaracterizing bombing that inspired famous Picasso painting," 17 Sep. 2019 Sometime in the next two years, its wall will be torn down to make way for a new pavilion. — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, "A Work of Art at the French Open, Created One Name and Score at a Time," 7 June 2018

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“Pavilion.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pavilion. Accessed 23 January 2020.

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pavilion

noun