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| pa·vil·ion [ pə víllyən ] |
noun (plural pa·vil·ions) |
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1. outdoor structure: a summerhouse or other often ornamental building in a park, fair, or garden, used for shelter and entertainment
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2. exhibition tent: a large tent or other temporary structure used for displaying or exhibiting things
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3. big tent: a large and often extremely ornate tent
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4. annex: a detached building that forms part of a complex of a hospital or other large public building
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5. jewellery facet of gem: a facet of a brilliant-cut gem that comes below the girdle
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transitive verb (past and past participle pa·vil·ioned, present participle pa·vil·ion·ing, 3rd person present singular pa·vil·ions) |
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1. set something in pavilion: to enclose or house something inside a pavilion
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2. enclose something: to enclose or completely surround something
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| [Pre-12th century. Via French pavillon "tent, canopy" < Latin papilion- "butterfly, tent"; because a tent was thought to resemble a butterfly's wings] |
