colonial style

collocation in English

meaningsofcolonialandstyle

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colonial
adjective
uk
/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us
/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
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style
noun
uk
/staɪl/us
/staɪl/
a way of doing something, especially one that is typical of a person, group of people, place, ...
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(Definition ofcolonialandstylefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When the phoney contextualism of thecolonialstylecame along the spell was broken and the diner manufacturers woke up to the real nature of their product.
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Also, new buildings, some modern and some incolonialstyleare being added to this growing city.
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Recuay maintains itscolonialstyleup to now, with its old "casonas" and simple buildings, made of mud walls and tiles roofs.
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The largecolonialstylebrick building was the first important building to be erected near the shallow river crossing.
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The brickcolonialstylebuilding has been restored inside and out.
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The old shrine is a modest church in thecolonialstylebuilt between 1834 to 1888.
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It also possesses an old-fashioned church of purecolonialstyle.
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It has acolonialstyle, with a balcony on each side and where the entertaining orchestra is places, when needed.
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Dedicated to a common development theme, the institutional buildings were of a modifiedcolonialstyle, built of red brick and attractively accented.
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The school has acolonialstylemain block.
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Itscolonialstylehouses and open plazas decorate the town's facade.
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The rooms on the second and third floors have windows free of decoration but instead have balconies incolonialstyle.
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They naturally built their houses in thecolonialstyleof architecture, and added a church, schools, and sports facilities.
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It is an imposing structure in thecolonialstyle, set in a well laid out garden.
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It is a 2.5 storycolonialstylehouse with five window bays and a center chimney.
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