ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Colonnade', Synonyms of 'Colonnade' & More on 'Colonnade'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

colonnade
    n 1: structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
    2: a structure composed of a series of arches supported by
       columns [syn: arcade, colonnade]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Colonnade \Col`on*nade"\, n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr.
   colonna column. See Colonel.] (Arch.)
   A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with
   all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: When in front of a building, it is called a portico;
         when surrounding a building or an open court or square,
         a peristyle.
         [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for colonnade:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

access, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, areaway, artery, atlas, avenue, baluster, balustrade, banister, base, breezeway, caryatid, channel, cloister, colonnette, column, communication, conduit, connection, corridor, covered way, dado, defile, die, exit, ferry, footstalk, ford, gallery, hall, hallway, inlet, interchange, intersection, jack, junction, lane, loggia, newel-post, opening, outlet, overpass, pass, passage, passageway, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pergola, peristyle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, plinth, pole, portico, post, queen-post, railroad tunnel, shaft, socle, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, subbase, surbase, telamon, traject, trajet, trunk, tunnel, underpass, upright

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