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Meaning of pavilion

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pavilion

Pronunciation:/pəˈvɪljən//pəˈvɪljən/

noun

Definitions

  1. An ornate tent.

  2. A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.

  3. A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.

  4. The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.

verb

Definitions

  1. To furnish with a pavilion.

  2. To put inside a pavilion.

  3. To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").