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Look up: Colonnade

  1. Colonnade
    A colonnade is a row of columns, frequently covered with a roof projecting from an adjacent building. Colonnades were common in ancient Greece. When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, it is called a peristyle.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. colonnade
    A row of columns which support horizontal members, called an architrave, rather than arches.
    Found on http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary

  3. colonnade
    [n] - structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Colonnade
    range of evenly spaced columns
    Found on http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.

  5. colonnade
    Row of columns supporting arches or an entablature. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  6. Colonnade
    A row of columns, other than those forming a portico Related Words: Column; Portico
    Found on http://www.maintainyourchurch.org.uk/Too

  7. Colonnade
    A row of columns creating a sheltered area.
    Found on http://www.architecture.com/HowWeBuiltBr

  8. Colonnade
    A row of freestanding columns that support a horizontal entablature called an architrave, or a series of arches. Also see arcade.
    Found on http://www.virtualani.org/glossary/index

  9. Colonnade
    Col`on·nade' noun [ French colonnade , Italian colonnata , from colonna column. See Colonel .] (Architecture) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/111

  10. Colonnade
    • (n.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. colonnade
    row of columns generally supporting an entablature (row of horizontal moldings), used either as an independent feature (e.g., a covered walkway) or ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/111

  12. colonnade
    colonnade (kolunād') , a row of columns usually supporting a roof. Colonnades were popular with the Greeks and Romans, who employed them in the stoa and the portico; they have continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and modern times. See column.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A081

  13. colonnade
    A row of columns usually spanned or connected by beams (lintels).
    Found on http://www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glo

  14. Colonnade
    In classical architecture, a `colonnade` denotes a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building. When in front of a building, screening the door (Latin porta), it is called a portico, when enclosing an open court, a peristyle. A portico may ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonnade

  15. Colonnade
    (Fabergé egg) The `Colonnade egg` is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made by Henrik Wigström<ref name=royal>http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/object.asp?theme=CHILDHOOD&object=40084&row=18 Royal Collection - Colonnade Egg--> under the supervision of the Russian jewell...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonnade



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