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colonnade Definition

col·on·nade (käl′ə nād)

noun

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

Etymology: Fr < It colonnato < colonna < L columna, column

colonnade Related Forms
col′·on·naded adjective
colonnade Synonyms

colonnade

n.

columns, portico, corridor, pillars, arcade, mezzanine, peristyle, peripteros, columniation, series, covered way, cloister, veranda, gallery, piazza; see also column 1.

colonnade Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: Nearly every building had broad, cool colonnades to shelter the Roman workers from the sun.
  • see: You can see the big colonnades where you can sit and receive your guests.
  • curve: Very grand proposals were were produced a main block with a vast dome, a portico and attached curved colonnades leading to symmetrical pavilions.
  • roof: Then there's Chris Brooke at the virtual portico or roofed colonnade.
  • cover: At its top was a covered arched, colonnade.

Converse of subject

  • surround: LXXXIV, No. 9. Plan of a circular building surrounded by a colonnade.

Adjective modifier

  • Doric: The walls of the nave consist of arcades, with Doric colonnades above through which the light enters the building.
  • classical: On the opposite bank of the river was a Classical Colonnade, which was washed away in the floods of the late eighteenth century.
  • open: The front was originally an open colonnade but was bricked up later.
  • new: Around the pool is a new colonnade with white columns in Dutch style.
  • Tuscan: Encircling the second and third floor is a Tuscan colonnade.
  • arched: At its top was a covered arched, colonnade.

Preposition: on

  • side: There are three music practice rooms, accessible from the ground floor colonnade on the west side of the building.

Noun used with modifier

  • marble: Endless days in the white marble colonnades of Heaven, endless kneeling to the Emperor, endless loss, endless nothingness.

Preposition: of

  • column: Between the two Bath Street runs with colonnades of unfluted Ionic columns on both sides.

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