noun

• 1British A building at a cricket ground or other sports ground, used for changing and taking refreshments.

  ‘As a moth to a flame, the graffiti offenders appear to be drawn to the building used as a cricket pavilion, close by the entrance to the Tattenham Way Recreation Ground.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The area is known as a hangout for youngsters and over the years the club has been burgled and the cricket pavilion and allotment sheds nearby have been torched.’
  • ‘The cricket pavilion at Bradford and Bingley, severely damaged by fire last April, is to be rebuilt.’
  • ‘A west Wiltshire town council is hoping to find new users for its cricket pavilion after the loss of a school as a paying tenant.’
  • ‘But after they were damaged a more permanent memorial was placed over the door of the cricket pavilion.’
  • ‘The vandalism to a cricket pavilion in Lake Meadows and the Noak Bridge Community Hall has caused misery to residents, according to community leaders.’
  • ‘‘We now have to replace two large windows in the cricket pavilion which will cost hundreds of pounds,’ he said.’
  • ‘A cricket pavilion has been officially opened, 14 months after the old one was destroyed by arsonists.’
  • ‘The Escrick Park Estate has also created disabled access from the village through the wood to the cricket pavilion.’
  • ‘Well, I'd say that a cigarette behind the cricket pavilion would be much better.’
  • ‘A groundsman miraculously walked away unscathed from a cricket pavilion that was turned to rubble when a boiler exploded.’
  • ‘A popular cricket club is set for a face-lift after it raised £250,000 to build a new pavilion at its ground.’
  • ‘Participants in both activities will be able to buy refreshments at the pavilion.’
  • ‘The result looks something like a cricket pavilion, complete with clock.’
  • ‘There were one or two venues where inspections were scheduled once the rain stopped, only for drizzle to return and keep the umpires in the pavilion.’
  • ‘No doubt, if those watching a match on television can see it, the match referee in the pavilion is also seeing it on his monitor.’

• 2A summer house or other decorative building used as a shelter in a park or large garden.

  ‘On the lower roof are a glass pavilion and roof garden.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘But before I succumb to more frivolous imaginings, we should perhaps ask if the metaphor of the pavilion in the garden is relevant here.’
  • ‘The pavilions and courtyards are dramatically arranged on a pair of rocky hills overlooking the Indian Ocean.’
  • ‘We found our crew hanging around the park pavilion.’
  • ‘Center stage is a pavilion surrounded by gardens.’
  • ‘As we approached the pavilion in the park, we could see hundreds of people talking and eating, and could hear live music and laughter.’
  • ‘Chris pulled into a parking spot relatively close to a pavilion at Moss Park.’
  • ‘Two other large pavilions within the park are dedicated to group shows organized by the Biennale director and invited curators.’
  • ‘The Grade ll listed glass pavilions at the gardens are one of the earliest examples of curvilinear glasshouses ever built.’
  • ‘Young offenders responsible for vandalising some of Hull's most attractive areas have redeemed themselves by restoring a ruined pavilion in West Park to its former glory.’
  • ‘There will also be a pavilion with parking spaces.’
  • ‘There is just one day left to catch a glimpse of the shortlisted design proposals for a new pavilion in Priory Park.’
  • ‘Essentially a series of pavilions, the house offers intimate connections with the surrounding bush, juxtaposed with stunning Auckland vistas.’
  • ‘In the event, the practice has created a pastoral campus with pavilions, canals and groves of trees, in harmony with its surroundings.’
  • ‘The absence of walls on the central pavilion allows in the soft sea breezes to waft through.’
  • ‘The waterfalls were crystal clear, while elegant pavilions stand under trees that drip with bright red flowers.’
  • ‘We joined a handful of people standing on a viewing pavilion watching the mighty volume of water cascading and spraying to the river below.’
  • ‘Bamboo pavilions, grass sheds and wooden bridges are placed along the path.’

  Synonyms

  summer house, pavilion, belvedere

  1. 2.1Used in the names of buildings used for theatrical or other entertainments.
     ‘the resort's Spa Pavilion’
     More example sentences

     • ‘They play the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth on Monday.’
     • ‘The Pavilion was opened in 1935 and took its name from Earl De La Warr, who was the local mayor at the time.’
     • ‘The Lifestyles Pavilion will be open from 8 AM to 5 PM, Saturday, March 22 through Monday, March 24.’
     • ‘He will hold a multimedia slide show on Thursday, February 7 at 7 p.m. in the McGee Room at the Dogwood Pavilion in Coquitlam.’
     • ‘The San Francisco Antiques show takes place at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center between October 26 and 29.’
     • ‘The book is sold at The Pavilion of Regalia, Royal Decorations and Coins at the Royal Grand Palace in Bangkok for 500 baht.’
     • ‘You can still do it at the Chaat Stand at the Raj Pavilion.’
     • ‘The visitors can take a look at The Royal Thai Decorations and the Coin Pavilion.’
     • ‘Self-catering properties include Baille Hill House and Bishopgate Pavilion, both in York, and Beech Farm Holiday Cottages in Pickering.’
  2. 2.2A detached or semi-detached block at a hospital or other building complex.
     ‘the form of alternating pavilions also allows the site to be developed in depth’
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     • ‘Phase one upgrades for the center include a new 4,600-square-foot pond center complex with a pavilion for class orientation.’
     • ‘Treatment rooms for massage and mud baths run around the east edge of the complex and the new pavilion at the southeast corner houses the doctors and their consulting rooms.’
     • ‘Demolition work will start at the end of the month and officials hope the pavilion will be completed by the Autumn.’
     • ‘It is hoped that the new pavilion will be completed by the end of April.’
     • ‘Benches and a fountain, as well as flowers and plants sent in from all over the world made the otherwise clean hospital pavilion somewhat serene.’
  3. 2.3A large tent with a peak and crenellated decorations, used at a show or fair.
     ‘The 1939 fair had pavilions from nations across the globe; there are two countries represented in the cards: Sudan and the Vatican.’
     More example sentences

     • ‘Few visitors to the Russian pavilions at world's fairs, however, appreciated the serious nature the Russian revival held for Russians.’
     • ‘Then came the German pavilions at world fairs - in New York, in Chicago, in Buenos Aires, in Helsinki.’
     • ‘In 1900 he received a commission by the Austrian government to decorate the Austrian pavilion for the World Fair in Paris of 1900.’
     • ‘The fair featured a pavilion decorated in the style of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple.’
     • ‘Ma'am, you'd hardly believe that I was once the owner of a great pavilion tent that was the attraction of the fair.’
  4. 2.4A temporary building, stand, or other structure in which items are displayed at a trade exhibition.
     ‘they designed the British pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010’
     More example sentences

     • ‘But, with a month to go and many of the temporary stands, pavilions and marquees needed to accommodate the 60,000 visitors a day still to be erected, is he at all nervous?’
     • ‘Other ideas could, with luck, be tried out on temporary exhibition pavilions.’
     • ‘Is it sufficient, as the submission suggests, to provide for conversion as a temporary pavilion or exhibition space?’
     • ‘Mr Brennan said some facilities which ‘starred’ last year when temporary pavilions were in place, such as the lawn canopies, would remain.’
     • ‘Some 25 football fields would be needed to lay out all the pavilions and exhibition booths.’
     • ‘But close up, the building is clearly much more substantial and tectonically satisfying than any temporary exhibition pavilion.’
     • ‘In 1967, he hosted the British pavilion at the World Exhibition in Montreal, Expo '67.’
     • ‘It represents Queen Victoria and family surrounded by imperial dignitaries gathered inside the pavilion of the Great Exhibition.’
     • ‘Rejected by the Universal Exposition of 1867, he set up a separate exhibition in a private pavilion, next to Courbet's.’
     • ‘The pavilion and the materials exhibited within are so simple that one cannot identify the country's characteristics.’
     • ‘It has been exhibited in museum and gallery venues around the world, and the exhibitors in the pavilion are looking forward to exposing attendees to the genre.’
     • ‘It now includes 22 national pavilions with 840 exhibits from 38 countries.’
     • ‘Aston Martins and Bentleys are on display in the auto pavilion just a stone's throw from the latest John Deere models.’
     • ‘The company was one of 16 Irish companies that exhibited at the Irish pavilion at Telecom World in Geneva last week.’
     • ‘Richly decorated, grand pavilions and tents stand at the ready.’