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Definitions for Pavilion

[1] a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair.
[2] any of a number of separate or attached buildings forming a hospital or the like.
[3] Architecture . a projecting element of a façade, used especially at the center or at each end and usually treated so as to suggest a tower.
[4] a tent, especially a large and elaborate one.
[5] a small, ornamental building in a garden.
[6] Also called base. Jewelry . the part of a cut gem below the girdle.
[7] to shelter in or as if in a pavilion.
[8] to furnish with pavilions.
[9] British a building at a sports ground, esp a cricket pitch, in which players change
[10] a summerhouse or other decorative shelter
[11] a building or temporary structure, esp one that is open and ornamental, for housing exhibitions
[12] a large ornate tent, esp one with a peaked top, as used by medieval armies
[13] one of a set of buildings that together form a hospital or other large institution
[14] one of four main facets on a brilliant-cut stone between the girdle and the culet
[15] to place or set in or as if in a pavilion pavilioned in splendour
[16] to provide with a pavilion or pavilions

Words related to Pavilion

structure, awning, canopy, cover, dome, covering

Words nearby Pavilion

pavement artist, paver, pavese, pavia, pavid, pavilion, pavilion roof, pavillon, pavillon chinois, pavin, paving

Origin of Pavilion

1250–1300; Middle English pavilon < Old French paveillon < Latin pāpiliōn- (stem of pāpiliō ) butterfly

Other words from Pavilion

un·pa·vil·ioned , adjective

Word origin for Pavilion

C13: from Old French pavillon canopied structure, from Latin pāpiliō butterfly, tent

Synonyms for Pavilion

structure, awning, canopy, cover, covering, dome