Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In musical instruments of the metal wind group, the bell or flaring mouth of the tube.

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Examples

  • The word pavillon give the opportunity to visit other part of the world.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • This “pavillon” was a charming place, originally built by the Prince de Conti for a mistress, and in it every convenience and luxury had been placed.

    A Start in Life 2007

  • When you left I had not yet been admitted to the pavillon in the Rue Saint – Maur, but a letter had promised me that I should have permission — the mild and melancholy letter of a woman who dreaded the agitations of a meeting.

    Honorine 2007

  • Also un pavillon de banlieue = a suburban house un pavillon de jardin = a summerhouse, pavilion un pavillon de chasse = a hunting lodge un pavillon de détresse = a distress flag

    Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007

  • I turned to take one last look at the charming pavillon tucked behind the amusing Pourquoi Pas? sign.

    Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007

  • When you left I had not yet been admitted to the pavillon in the Rue Saint – Maur, but a letter had promised me that I should have permission — the mild and melancholy letter of a woman who dreaded the agitations of a meeting.

    Honorine 2007

  • De retour dans le pavillon où il a passé son enfance, Frédéric Ramade met en scène les membres de sa famille et les amène à se pencher de façon critique sur la genèse de leur maison, et les désirs qui ont guidé leurs choix esthétiques et techniques.

    Postcard 2006

  • The Durands, who are childless, reside in a little _pavillon_, or house with garden behind the main structure which fronts the street, in the not very inviting region of Montmartre.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various

  • Whenever my father had had a good day's shooting he would go to the pavillon and cry: Come to dinner!

    A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago 1919

  • I stood at the top of the toy stairs of the _pavillon_ which I was then occupying in Paris, and

    Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 Arnold Bennett 1899

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