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exedra

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ex·e·dra  (ks-dr, k-s-)
n.
1. A usually curved outdoor bench with a high back.
2. An often semicircular portico with seats that was used in ancient Greece and Rome as a place for discussions.
[Latin, from Greek : ex-, ex- + hedr, seat; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]


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The road makes a T-junction at the sea-front where De Carlo has carved out an exedra as entrance, roughly centred on the vehicle roundabout.
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