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Marquee
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Marquee has 2 senses
- marquee(n = noun.artifact) pavilion - large and often sumptuous tent; Array is a kind of collapsible shelter, tent
- marquee(n = noun.artifact) marquise - permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.; Array is a kind of canopy
CIDE DICTIONARY
Marquee, n. [F. marquise, misunderstood as a plural; prob. orig., tent of the marchioness. See Marquis.].
A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Marquee, n.
1 a large tent used for social or commercial functions.
2 US a canopy over the entrance to a large building.
1 a large tent used for social or commercial functions.
2 US a canopy over the entrance to a large building.
Etymology
MARQUISE, taken as pl. & assim. to -EE
ROGET THESAURUS
Marquee
Covering
N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.
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