noun exedra A room, portico, or arcade with a bench or seats where people may converse, especially in ancient Roman and Greek houses and gymnasia, typically semicircular in plan. 1
noun exedra a building, room, portico, or apse containing a continuous bench, used in ancient Greece and Rome for holding discussions 0
noun exedra an outdoor bench in a recess 0
noun exedra in ancient Greece, a room, building, or outdoor area with seats, where conversations were held 0
noun exedra (architecture) A semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion. 0
noun exedra (by extension) A curved bench with a high back. 0
