pavilion

The definition of a pavilion is a large tent or a large, separate part of a building that is often outside, or the lower part of a cut gemstone from the bottom point slanting upward to the girdle, the widest point of the gemstone.

(noun)

  1. An example of a pavilion is a corporate office's back deck where a party is being held.
  2. An example of a pavilion is the part of a gemstone that point towards the finger.

Pavilion is defined as to provide, decorate or shelter in a tent or a large, outdoor structure that is part of a building.

(verb)

An example of pavilion is to provide a large tent for an outdoor party.

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See pavilion in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a large tent, usually with a peaked top
    1. a building or part of a building, often partly open and highly ornamented, used for entertainment, exhibits, etc., as at a fair or park
    2. a decorative shelter or summerhouse
  2. part of a building jutting out from the main part and often ornamented
  3. any of the separate or connected parts of a group of related buildings, as of a hospital or sanitarium
  4. the part of a brilliant-cut gem between the girdle and the culet

Origin: ME pavilon < OFr pavillon < L papilio, butterfly, also tent (from its shape): see papilionaceous

transitive verb

to furnish with or shelter in or as in a pavilion

See pavilion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. An ornate tent.
  2. a. A light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs: a picnic pavilion.
    b. A usually temporary structure erected at a fair or show for use by an exhibitor: the French pavilion at the World's Fair.
    c. A large structure housing sports or entertainment facilities; an arena.
  3. A structure or another building connected to a larger building; an annex.
  4. One of a group of related buildings forming a complex, as of a hospital.
  5. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gem, slanting outward from the culet to the girdle.
transitive verb pa·vil·ioned, pa·vil·ion·ing, pa·vil·ions
  1. To cover or furnish with or as if with a pavilion.
  2. To put in or as if in a pavilion.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pavilon

Origin: , from Old French pavillon

Origin: , from Latin pāpiliō, pāpiliōn-, butterfly, tent

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