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Word entry · 8 letters

pavilion

Best crossword clue

"Open-sided shelter"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /pəˈvɪljən/Part of speech nounSorted aiilnopvStarts with PEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. large and often sumptuous tent

Word origin

From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin pāpiliōnem, form of pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”) (due to resemblance of tent to a butterfly’s wings), of unknown origin. Doublet of papilio and papillon.

Used in a sentence

  • Only one player has hit a six over the Lord's pavillion.
  • For after the rain when with never a stain, / The pavilion of heaven is bare, […]

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01Open-sided shelter8 letters

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