EGAVE

cornice

About 0.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
  2. noun A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
  3. noun A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
  4. noun An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.
  5. verb To furnish or decorate with a cornice.

Similar words

pelmet valance valance board dentil ledge ridge cornish cornice ring nose cornicework

Often followed by

of and is with or in on to above

Word family

corniced cornices cornicing

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