MEANING
a row of columns, often supporting a roof or entablature
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- covered colonnade
- stone colonnade
- open colonnade
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A colonnade surrounded the courtyard.
They walked under the colonnade to escape the sun.
The broken colonnade ended at a heap of fallen capitals.
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- colonnade
Usage notes
Primary curation section: Architecture. Refers to the repeated column arrangement, not just one column or any covered passage. Plural: colonnades.
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