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pavillion

pavillion is the alternative spelling of pavilion.

Meaning of pavilion

Noun

pavilion (plural pavilions)

  1. An ornate tent.
  2. A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
  3. A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
  4. The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
    • Only one player has hit a six over the Lord's pavillion.
  5. A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
  6. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.

See all 17 meanings of pavilion

Proper noun capitalized: Pavillion

Pavillion

  1. A town in Wyoming, United States.

Forms of pavillion

pluralpavillions

Questions about pavillion

What does pavillion mean?
Pavillion means a town in Wyoming, United States.
What is pavillion the alternative spelling of?
Pavillion is the alternative spelling of pavilion.
What part of speech is pavillion?
Pavillion is a proper noun.

Words near pavillion in the dictionary

  1. pavilion roof
  2. pavilioned
  3. pavilioning
  4. pavilionlike
  5. pavilions
  6. pavillion
  7. pavillions
  8. pavillon
  9. pavillons
  10. pavin
  11. pavine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pavillion (page history and authors); Pavillion (page history and authors); pavilion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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