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pa•vil•ion



Pronunciation: (pu-vil'yun), [key]
—n.
1. a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair.
2. any of a number of separate or attached buildings forming a hospital or the like.
3. Archit.a projecting element of a façade, used esp. at the center or at each end and usually treated so as to suggest a tower.
4. a tent, esp. a large and elaborate one.
5. a small, ornamental building in a garden.
6. Also called base. Jewelry.the part of a cut gem below the girdle.

—v.t.
1. to shelter in or as if in a pavilion.
2. to furnish with pavilions.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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