pavilion

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Synonyms: pavillion, pavillon, avision, paillon, papillon, papilio, parimion, pavilions, padelion, papillion, paviin

Antonyms: pavillion, pavillon, avision, paillon, papillon, papilio, parimion, pavilions, padelion, papillion, paviin

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. An [[ornate]] [[tent]].
2. A [[light]] [[roofed]] [[structure]] used as a [[shelter]] in a [[public]] [[place]].
3. A structure, sometimes [[temporary]], [[erect]]ed to [[house]] [[exhibit]]s at a [[fair]], etc.
4. {{lb|en|cricket}} The [[building]] where the [[player]]s change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
5. A [[detached]] or [[semi-detached]] [[building]] at a [[hospital]] or other [[building]] [[complex]].
6. The [[lower]] [[surface]] of a [[brilliant]]-[[cut]] [[gemstone]], lying between the [[girdle]] and [[collet]].
7. {{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[cartilaginous]] part of the [[outer ear]]; [[auricle]].
8. {{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[fimbriated]] [[extremity]] of the [[Fallopian tube]].
9. {{lb|en|military}} A [[flag]], [[ensign]], or [[banner]].
10. {{lb|en|heraldry}} An ornate [[tent]], used either as a [[charge]] or bearing, or surrounding a shield as or atop the [[mantling]].
11. A [[covering]]; a [[canopy]]; figuratively, the [[sky]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To furnish with a pavilion.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To put inside a pavilion.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour, And girded with praise").

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|comm/and/Indian reserve|in|rdist:Suf/Squamish-Lillooet|p/British Columbia|c/Canada}}.
2. {{place|en|town/and/CDP|therein, in|co/Genesee County|s/New York|c/USA}}. <ref>[https://www.topozone.com/new-york/genesee-ny/city/pavilion-2/ TopoZone: Pavilion, New York]</ref>

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