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Pronunciation
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Noun
pavilion (plural: pavilions)

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. cricket the building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals
5. the lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone
6. the cartiliginous part of the outer ear

Synonyms
(part of ear): auricle, pinna

Translations
trans-top|ornate tent
French: pavillon m
German: Pavillon m
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trans-top|light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
French: pavillon m
German: Pavillon m
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Greek: �ε�ί��ε�ο n (períptero)
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trans-top|structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
Dutch: pavilioen n
German: Pavillon m
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French: pavillon m
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trans-top|cricket building
French: pavillon m
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trans-top|cartiliginous part of the outer ear
French: pavillon m
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ttbc|CJKV Characters: 亭
ttbc|Chinese: 亭�
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ttbc|Japanese: �����
ttbc|Korean: � ��
ttbc|Spanish: pabellón
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
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1. to furnish with a pavilion
2. to put inside a pavilion
3. (figurative) to enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour")

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trans-top|furnish with a pavilion
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trans-top|put inside a pavilion
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See also
w:Pavilion|Wikipedia article on pavilions

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• 2007-12-28 16:01 - Dbfirs - /* Transitive verb */ figurative meaning

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