Thesaurus results for EDIFICE

edifice

noun

ˈe-də-fəs

Definition of edifice

as in tower

a large, magnificent, or massive building the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices

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as in building

something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch

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as in structure

the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language

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Recent Examples of edifice To achieve freedom, then, is to escape character, and with it the whole edifice of novelistic contrivance. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026 Built in 1829 as a seminary, the Colonial-style edifice went on to become a country club, then faculty housing for nearby Bennington College, and later a private home, remaining in the same family’s care for some six decades. — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2026 In a provocation to the Forest Service officers monitoring the blockade, the slightest nudging threatened to send the edifice crashing to the ground and Tubbs to his maiming or death. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 The 1963 demolition of the original Penn Station, one of the great 20th century American edifices, was a ghastly mistake that New York has lived with and tried to correct for six decades. — Andy Byford, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for edifice

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Noun

David Greene was a bravura visualist, using expensive helicopter shots to capture us running through Central Park’s Sheep Meadow and dancing atop one of the World Trade Center towers.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
That signal broadcasts through the air to the nearest cell tower, where it gets channeled through a complex network of cables.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

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There were beautiful boulevards, sweeping bridges over the Moskva River, wide Stalin-era avenues lined with imposing granite buildings, and quiet nineteenth-century neighborhoods of pastel-colored mansions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Accessibility The property offers a range of fully accessible rooms across their price spectrum, and all buildings are equipped with ramps and elevators.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026

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Finally, the structure crumbled in a roar of broken concrete and a cloud of dust.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
For this development, the team worked with two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, arranging alternating organic and inorganic layers into precise crystalline structures.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of structure

Noun

Originally a Byzantine cathedral before becoming an Ottoman mosque and now an active place of worship once more, its vast marble interior, soaring dome and shimmering gold mosaics still inspire awe nearly 1,500 years after it was built.

— Vicki Power, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
Inside the cathedral’s nave, the mummified hand of St Stephen, displayed in an ornate replica of the building, was a fascinating discovery.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of cathedral

Noun

These diverse cultural influences are evident in the old city’s Italian-style 18th-century architecture, another major draw for visitors.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
Transportability will matter as the Legion architecture moves toward additional platforms.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of architecture

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Yet China itself has developed AI safety frameworks addressing autonomous agents and the risk of AI escaping human control.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Coach Saban focused his testimony on the importance of establishing a consistent national framework to end the current era of differing waivers and local rulings that has created uncertainty throughout college athletics.

— The Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

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