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pavilion

The correct spelling is pavilion.

How to pronounce pavilion

/pəˈvɪljən/
noun

IPA: /pəˈvɪljən/

Say it like: Pav-ilio-n

The correct spelling is pavilion. An ornate tent.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An ornate tent.
  2. 2.A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
  3. 3.A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
  4. 4.The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
  5. 5.A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.

verb

  1. 1.To furnish with a pavilion.
  2. 2.To put inside a pavilion.
  3. 3.To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").

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