pagoda Definition
pa·goda (pə gō′də)
noun
in India and the Far East, a temple in the form of a pyramidal tower of several stories, usually an odd number, commonly built over a sacred relic or as a work of devotion
Etymology: Port pagode, prob. < Pers butkadah, house of idols < but, idol + kadah, house, dwelling, prob. infl. by Prakrit bhagodī, divine, holy < Sans bhagavatī, divine, deity
pagoda Usage Examples
Converse of object
- feature: The lid itself simply lifts off and is decorated with a round inlaid cork picture, which features pagodas, cranes and pines.
- include: A nice touch lineup includes the goose pagoda one knowing how to.
- inlay: This little beauty is finished in red lacquer and features a large cork picture of pines and pagodas inlaid into its lid.
- explore: Each Pavilion is like a trip to another country â where kids can explore a Japanese pagoda, discover the Eiffel Tower and.. .
- cover: You will emerge by the main road adjacent to a pedestrian crossing and covered pagoda, Netball House is on the right.
Adjective modifier
- Chinese: At the end of May Kew Gardens will be re-opening their Chinese pagoda to the public for the first time in many years.
- colorful: There are ancient temples and countless colorful pagodas, havens of calm and tranquility as well as bustling markets full of noisy bargaining.
- Japanese: The curious baroque slated roof recalls somewhat a multi-storied Japanese pagoda, with its small turrets.
- old: This is a 1200 year old pagoda on top of a hill in the south of Suzhou.
- wooden: They are a set of eight scrolls with a wooden pagoda in which the charms were originally issued.
- stunning: The city is also home to a fascinating national museum, a royal palace, and a stunning pagoda.
Modifies a noun
- roof: Its exotic tiled exterior with a red pagoda roof complete with dragons have long made the cinema a well-loved local landmark.
- style: At this time a new wider and longer standard height platform was built; a pagoda style waiting shelter was later added.
- flower: The cake decor consists of matching pagoda flowers in sugar to adorn a two-tier, stacked cake on clear glass cake stand.
Noun used with modifier
- goose: Through the dramatic up the coast goose pagoda one a model of.
- Buddhist: Many crosses have been destroyed and replaced with Buddhist pagodas.
- peace: You may even type in the name of popular landmarks such as the concrete cows or the peace pagoda.
- stone: Of particular interest is the Square Four Gate Pagoda, the oldest stone pagoda in China.
- tomb: Among the 8 tomb pagodas of the Dalai Lamas, the 5th tomb is the most extravagant.
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