Definition of "belvedere" [bel•ve•dere]

• A roofed structure, especially a small pavilion or tower on top of a building, situated so as to command a wide view. (noun)

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• "I forgot to note the name of the artist so I called the belvedere curator and she told me the name Hirschl, and the title."
• "There was a tall building called a belvedere, from which the country and the river might be surveyed for a long distance in every direction; but, stranger far than that, there were subterranean passages which led from the house to unfrequented parts of the grounds."
• "The top of the dome was fashioned into a kind of belvedere, with a small circular gallery."