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.
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  2. colonnade
    A row of columns which support horizontal members, called an architrave, rather than arches.
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  3. colonnade
    [n] - structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
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  4. Colonnade
    range of evenly spaced columns
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  5. colonnade
    Row of columns supporting arches or an entablature. ...
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  6. Colonnade
    A row of columns, other than those forming a portico Related Words: Column; Portico
    Found op http://www.maintainyourchurch.org.uk/ToolkitModules/Toolkit1Glossary/tabid/

  7. Colonnade
    A row of columns creating a sheltered area.
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  8. Colonnade
    A row of freestanding columns that support a horizontal entablature called an architrave, or a series of arches. Also see arcade.
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  1. 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 op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/111

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

  3. 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]
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  4. Colonnade
    [disambiguation] A colonnade is an architectural feature. Colonnade may also refer to: ...
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  5. 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 be more ...
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  6. 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.
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  7. colonnade
    A row of columns usually spanned or connected by beams (lintels).
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  8. Colonnade
    [Fabergé egg] The Colonnade egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made by Henrik Wigström under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1910. The egg was made for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented it to his wife, Alexandra Feodorvna upon the birth of their only so...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonnade_(Fabergé_egg)

  9. colonnade
    1) Construction 2) Feature of classical architecture 3) It surrounds the parthenon 4) Porch-roof support 5) Structure
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/colonnade/1

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