Cornice
['kɔːnɪs] or ['kɔrnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the topmost projecting part of an entablature.
(noun.) a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall.
(noun.) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.
(verb.) furnish with a cornice.
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Definition
(n.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Beading, moulding, projection
ANT:Entablature, fluting, corrugation, cavity, groove
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Definition
n. (classical archit.) the uppermost member of the entablature surmounting the frieze: plaster mouldings round the ceiling of rooms at its junction with the walls.—v.t. to furnish with a cornice.—p.adj. Cor′niced.—ns. Cor′nice-hook -pole -rail a hook pole rail for hanging pictures curtains &c.—n. Cor′nice-ring a ring or moulding on a cannon next below the muzzle-ring.
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Examples
- And such a heavy cornice round the room! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Round by the Cornice to Genoa. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Civita Vecchia, Leghorn, Porto Fino, Genoa, Cornice, Off Nice (which is in there), Marseilles, you and me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She was pale as the white marble slab and cornice behind her; her eyes flashed large, dilated, unsmiling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And the overloading such a house with colour and such heavy cornices! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Some of the larger buildings had corners knocked off; pillars cut in two; cornices smashed; holes driven straight through the walls. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Those intended for stairways, eaves, cornices, windows, doorways, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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