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a large structure separate from a main structurein various senses, including:
- a large roofed structure without walls — often found in parks
- a temporary structure — such as a large tent to house exhibits at a fair, to provide sports facilities, or to put on a show
- a section of a large hospital or office complex adjacent to other parts
Much more rarely, pavilion can reference a facet of a gem or part of the outer ear.
- We're meeting for a picnic under the pavilion at the park.
pavilion = large roofed structure without walls
- The Chinese pavilion at the World's Fair was fabulous.
- Her room is in the east pavilion of the hospital.
- ...a pavilion pitched on one side of the open place.C.S. Lewis -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- The torches and braziers kept the outdoor pavilion warm,Rick Riordan -- The Titan's Curse
- The boat looked like a floating teahouse, with an open-air pavilion larger than the one in our courtyard.Amy Tan -- The Joy Luck Club
- When they came of an age to take girls out on dates they always took them to the pavilion in the fair grounds.Dalton Trumbo -- Johnny Got His Gun
- The couple advanced further into this pavilion of the night till they stood in its midst.Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- He had seen them though, as they left their pavilion, and he followed them with his eyes until they disappeared again.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
- Gaily striped tents and pavilions sprang up everywhere as the workmen scurried about like ants.Norton Juster -- The Phantom Tollbooth
- Moonlight played on the high iron-latticed pavilions.Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
- Sometimes in the buffalo shed; other times the band shell benches or the pavilion.Jerry Spinelli -- Maniac Magee
- Grandfather sits a few rows behind the Commandant's pavilion with a group of his personal guard, his eyes on me.Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
- And now the mild autumn sun got lower, and in front of the pavilion the following incident had taken place.Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd
- "I'll go see about the pavilion for Your Majesty," said Teleus, backing up as the Mede's personal guard distributed themselves around the clearing.Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
- Giant tented pavilions were set up in the gardens, with food and wine stations scattered about the lawn.Kiera Cass -- The Selection
- Deposes he was leaving Torquay Pavilion after the film Not a Sparrow and noticed a man behaving queerly.Agatha Christie -- The ABC Murders
- Strands of web covered it like a gauze pavilion.Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
- Certain agents I found to have the power to shake and to pluck back that fleshly vestment, even as a wind might toss the curtains of a pavilion.Robert Louis Stevenson -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- A clay and pebble wall, built in 1853, surrounded the town; and in the principal street were the market and several hotels adorned with pavilions.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
pavilion = a large tent
pavilion = a large structure separate from other structures
pavilion = a large roofed structure without walls
pavilion = a large structure separate from a main structure (perhaps a large roofed structure without walls)
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