Definition of 'colonnade'

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colonnade

(kɒləneɪd )

Word forms: plural colonnades

countable noun

A colonnade is a row of evenly-spaced columns.

...a colonnade with stone pillars. [+ with]

Synonyms: cloisters, arcade, portico, covered walk More Synonyms of colonnade

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colonnade in British

(ˌkɒləˈneɪd )

noun

a set of evenly-spaced columns

a row of regularly spaced trees

Derived forms

colonnaded (ˌcolonˈnaded)

adjective

Word origin of 'colonnade'

C18: from French, from colonne column; on the model of Italian colonnato, from colonna column

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colonnade in American

(ˌkɑləˈneɪd ; kälˌənādˈ)

noun

Architecture

a series of columns set at regular intervals, usually supporting a roof or series of arches

Derived forms

colonnaded (ˌcolonˈnaded)

adjective

Word origin of 'colonnade'

Fr < It colonnato < colonna < L columna, column

Example sentences containing 'colonnade'

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The uniformed doorman sprang forward as he saw them coming and handed them out under the colonnade fronting Piccadilly. Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2002)The agent from the colonnade came in, lowered the flame on the lamp and picked it up. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)The colonnade of the huge square of the Praça do Comércio behind them was soon vague behind a humid gauze. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)

Bramante's basilica, Michelangelo's dome, Bernini's colonnade. Colleen McCullough THE THORN BIRDS (2002)

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Used Occasionally. colonnade is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of colonnade from the Collins English Dictionary

Used to

The verb used to is a‘marginal’ modal verb. Unlike the other modal verbs, it is only found in the past tense. Therefore, when it is used with do to make negatives and questions, the form of the auxil...