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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
1. 
a set of evenly-spaced columns
2. 
a row of regularly spaced trees
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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
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
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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Definition of colonnade from the Collins English Dictionary

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