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Colonnade Row N Columns Supporting Roof Arcade Generally

Word colonnade
Definition n. A row of columns supporting a roof or arcade, or, more generally, a row of trees or any tall objects.
Sentence ...let Telemachus, King Odysseus' son, sleep at the palace now, on a corded bed inside the echoing colonnade.
Source The Odyssey, 7.443–445

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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