colonnade
Americannoun
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Architecture. a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.
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a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.
noun
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a set of evenly-spaced columns
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a row of regularly spaced trees
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
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Separately, Trump said he was replacing the decades-old sandstone paving stones in the colonnade, the pillared walkway that leads from the main White House mansion to the Oval Office.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
We begin with a green fairy under the colonnade.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
He unveiled a "Presidential Walk of Fame" along the West Wing colonnade in September, displaying gold-framed portraits of himself and the 44 other presidents along the white exterior wall.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
Among those in the audience were staff from Turning Point USA and the Charlie Kirk Show, and some people took photos with the newly decorated White House colonnade in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
She couldn’t see them; all she could see was confusing, infolded perspectives of colonnade, staircase, terrace, and facade.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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