colonnade

American  

[kol-uh-neyd] / ˌkɒl əˈneɪd /

noun

1. Architecture. a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.

2. a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.

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colonnade British  

/ ˌkɒləˈneɪd /

noun

1. a set of evenly-spaced columns

2. a row of regularly spaced trees

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Other Word Forms

• colonnaded adjective

Etymology

Origin of colonnade

1710–20; < French, equivalent to colonne column + -ade -ade ¹, on the model of Italian colonnato

Example Sentences

Its White City—a temporary demonstration of the grandeur of classical architecture, with Greek and Roman-style colonnades and porticoes arranged around a lake—had been designed by America’s greatest architects.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to a recent interview with the New York Times, he intends to build a second story atop the West Wing colonnade.

From Salon

The addition of a new level above the West Wing colonnade would restore "symmetry" to the presidential residence, Shalom Baranes told the first Washington planning committee meeting on the project.

From Barron's

“Big, big, big, big, big,” said Cassiopeia, counting the row of massive fluted columns that lined the colonnade.

From Literature

After breakfast in bed with a stack of newspapers, he dressed in one of his hand-tailored suits and walked with his four-year-old daughter, Caroline, down the outdoor colonnade to the West Wing.

From Literature

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