colonnade
[ kol-uh-neyd ]
/ ˌkɒl əˈneɪd /
noun
Architecture.
a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.
Compare arcade.
a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.
Origin of colonnade
OTHER WORDS FROM colonnade
col·on·nad·ed, adjectiveWords nearby colonnade
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colonorrhagia,
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British Dictionary definitions for colonnade
colonnade
/ (ˌkɒləˈneɪd) /
noun
a set of evenly-spaced columns
a row of regularly spaced trees
Derived forms of colonnade
colonnaded, adjectiveWord Origin for colonnade
C18: from French, from
colonne
column; on the model of Italian
colonnato, from
colonna column