Meaning & use
pavilion
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A large, often decorative building or tent used for events, exhibitions, or as a shelter in a park or garden.
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The wedding reception was held in a glass pavilion overlooking the lake.
Each country built its own pavilion for the world's fair.
A note on using this word
Also used for hospital wings or wards in British English (a 'psychiatric pavilion'), a sense less common in American usage.
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