'Pagoda' definitions:
Definition of 'pagoda'
(from WordNet)
noun
An Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
Definition of 'Pagoda'
From: GCIDE
- Pagoda \Pa*go"da\, n. [Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr. Hind. & Per. but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a temple.]
- 1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An idol. [R.] --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]
- 3. [Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it.] A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pagoda'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alcove,
- antenna tower,
- barbican,
- belfry,
- bell tower,
- belvedere,
- campanile,
- colossus,
- column,
- cupola,
- derrick,
- dewal,
- dome,
- fane,
- fire tower,
- garden,
- gazebo,
- girja,
- kiack,
- lantern,
- lighthouse,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- masjid,
- mast,
- minaret,
- monument,
- mosque,
- obelisk,
- observation tower,
- pantheon,
- pilaster,
- pillar,
- pinnacle,
- pole,
- pylon,
- pyramid,
- shaft,
- shul,
- skyscraper,
- spire,
- standpipe,
- steeple,
- stupa,
- synagogue,
- tabernacle,
- television mast,
- temple,
- tope,
- tour,
- tower,
- turret,
- water tower,
- windmill tower