colonnade
noun
a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.
colonnaded
-
a word derived from
colonnade.
Example Sentences
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Palladio liked to set the formal residence at the center while holding the working parts—stables and kitchens—at arm’s length, reached by colonnaded passages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Classrooms have been created in the city's ornate Soviet-era metro stations, some with views of chandeliers hanging over colonnaded platforms below.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023
British singer Labrinth provided a live soundtrack from center stage, pumping music into the colonnaded courtyard of Milan’s state university.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
The fountain is enormous, a giant colonnaded structure decorated with carved figures, and at its center a huge bronze Polyphemus shown in the act of surprising Acis and Galatea.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
In the broad, covered corridor—the colonnaded kuthambalam abutting the heart of the temple where the Blue God lived with his flute, the drummers drummed and the dancers danced, their colors turning slowly in the night.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
