PERISTYLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("peristyle" is a kind of...):

colonnade (structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns)

Derivation:

peristylar (having columniation completely circling an area of the structure)

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