EXEDRA


Meaning of EXEDRA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈek-sə-drə ]

noun

( plural ex·e·drae -ˌdrē, -ˌdrī)

Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from ex- + hedra seat — more at sit

Date: 1659

1. : a room (as in a temple or house) in ancient Greece and Rome used for conversation and formed by an open or columned recess often semicircular in shape and furnished with seats

2. : a large outdoor nearly semicircular seat with a solid back

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.