'Colonnade' definitions:
Definition of 'colonnade'
(from WordNet)
noun
Structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
noun
A structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns [syn: arcade, colonnade]
Definition of 'Colonnade'
From: GCIDE
- Colonnade \Col`on*nade"\, n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel.] (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'colonnade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- aisle,
- alley,
- ambulatory,
- aperture,
- arcade,
- areaway,
- artery,
- atlas,
- avenue,
- baluster,
- balustrade,
- banister,
- base,
- breezeway,
- caryatid,
- channel,
- cloister,
- colonnette,
- column,
- communication,
- conduit,
- connection,
- corridor,
- covered way,
- dado,
- defile,
- die,
- exit,
- ferry,
- footstalk,
- ford,
- gallery,
- hall,
- hallway,
- inlet,
- interchange,
- intersection,
- jack,
- junction,
- lane,
- loggia,
- newel-post,
- opening,
- outlet,
- overpass,
- pass,
- passage,
- passageway,
- pedestal,
- pedicel,
- peduncle,
- pergola,
- peristyle,
- pier,
- pilaster,
- pile,
- piling,
- pillar,
- plinth,
- pole,
- portico,
- post,
- queen-post,
- railroad tunnel,
- shaft,
- socle,
- staff,
- stalk,
- stanchion,
- stand,
- standard,
- stem,
- subbase,
- surbase,
- telamon,
- traject,
- trajet,
- trunk,
- tunnel,
- underpass,
- upright