colonnade
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
colonnade
n 1: structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
2: a structure composed of a series of arches supported by
columns [syn: {arcade}, {colonnade}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Colonnade \Col`on*nade"\, n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr.
colonna column. See {Colonel}.] (Arch.)
A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with
all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Note: When in front of a building, it is called a {portico};
when surrounding a building or an open court or square,
a {peristyle}.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "colonnade":
access, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, areaway,
artery, atlas, avenue, baluster, balustrade, banister, base,
breezeway, caryatid, channel, cloister, colonnette, column,
communication, conduit, connection, corridor, covered way, dado,
defile, die, exit, ferry, footstalk, ford, gallery, hall, hallway,
inlet, interchange, intersection, jack, junction, lane, loggia,
newel-post, opening, outlet, overpass, pass, passage, passageway,
pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pergola, peristyle, pier, pilaster,
pile, piling, pillar, plinth, pole, portico, post, queen-post,
railroad tunnel, shaft, socle, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand,
standard, stem, subbase, surbase, telamon, traject, trajet, trunk,
tunnel, underpass, upright
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