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Arcade

A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Passageway 76% connected

A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Loggia 76% connected

A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is…

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Arch 70% connected

Any part of a curved line.

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Colonnade 92% connected

A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Corner noun · 86% connection

(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

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Counterbalance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Defence noun · 86% connection

a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"

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Admittance noun · 78% connection

Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception.

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Aisle noun · 78% connection

A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roo…

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Apteral adjective · 78% connection

Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphipr…

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Atrium noun · 78% connection

An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name w…

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Butment noun · 78% connection

The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge wit…

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Columnar adjective · 78% connection

Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.

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Columniation noun · 78% connection

(architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure

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Coral noun · 78% connection

A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.

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Croquet noun · 78% connection

An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches…

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Dock noun · 78% connection

The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers…

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Entrance noun · 78% connection

The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking posses…

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Force noun · 78% connection

Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troo…

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Gallery noun · 78% connection

a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)

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Gothic noun · 78% connection

a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized…

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