pavilion

Definitions

• An ornate tent.
• A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
• A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
• (cricket) The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
• A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
• The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
• (anatomy) The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
• (anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
• (military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
• (heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
• A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.