cornice

noun

Definition of cornicenext
as in frieze

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Recent Examples of cornice Why One Designer Loves Cornice Headboards Some designers absolutely love the look of a cornice headboard and the frills that come with it. — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 11 Apr. 2026 Curtain cornices, lampshades, and headboards Lampshades can be frustrating to clean because the dust rolls up. — Sunshine Flint, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026 The ornate cornice on the top of the building also collapsed. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026 The finished pizza should have a thin crust with a puffy cornice around the edges, spotted with charring. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cornice
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornice
  1. frieze
  2. entablature
  3. architrave
  4. capital
  5. pilaster
  6. pillar
  7. column
  8. arch
Noun
  • In the Forum’s main lobby, easily overlooked, a 175-foot aluminum frieze by Chicago artist Theaster Gates, using photos of city life from the Johnson Publishing archives.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
  • The artist Theaster Gates, who has paid tribute to Black life and Black beauty in the center’s Forum building with a frieze of archival images from Ebony and Jet magazines, is also a neighbor to the center with his cultural revitalization projects through the Rebuild Foundation.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
Definition of frieze
Noun
  • Early plans, according to Smithsonian magazine, included an entablature with a short history of the country, a staircase, a Hall of Records to include the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the torsos of each president featured.
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 July 2025
  • Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues.
    — Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024
Definition of entablature
Noun
  • Upping the sheen for the trims (skirting boards and window and door architraves) adds a subtle variation and frames the room.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
  • The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of architrave
Noun
  • Authorities in the Belgian capital said that a number of charred bodies had been found in an elevator at the site.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • Collado said the capital regional area has more than 9,000 hotel rooms, along with thousands of short-term rental units.
    — Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of capital
Noun
  • Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 June 2026
  • And then this pilaster rising up.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of pilaster
Noun
  • Each strike and counterstrike chipped away at the pillars of the agreement, which has now collapsed, though there are still efforts to salvage it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • The brighter silver paint contrasting the greenhouse and A and D pillars against the darker bronze lower body somewhat detracts from the overall look.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of pillar
Noun
  • The obvious — though not necessarily correct — assumption is that a big and dumbass engineering error is at fault here, a miscalculation that the structural columns of the old building would be able to carry the new stories on top and couldn’t.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 14 July 2026
  • In December a sportswriter published a column with an outright accusation of fixing the championship.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
Definition of column
Noun
  • That process typically starts before agencies submit proposals to the commissions, though not in the case of the fencing (or the arch, which was already approved by one commission).
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 July 2026
  • In May, the historic Snow King Resort became Trailborn Jackson Hole, a 203-room hotel just a 15-minute walk from the antler arches in Jackson Town Square.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026
Definition of arch

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