embrasure

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Recent Examples of embrasure One room holds an embrasure, complete with a cannon, for those who can’t make the 2.5-mile round-trip hike to the fort itself. Erin L. Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023 There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot. William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embrasure
Noun
  • The 15-ounce dustbin pulls free by pressing a lever and opens by pinching the finger indents in the top.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Kardashian showcased undated photos of her face that highlighted the indent prior to getting the injections, as well as photos of what her face looked like afterward.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • What’s more, the indentations could provide additional insights about early microbial life on Earth, which thrived when oxygen wasn’t present.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Eventually, the caverns’ ceilings might have collapsed, making the large indentations on the lakebed.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Due to the high costs of dorms and increasing costs of campus parking passes, many UH students find off-campus housing more cost-effective.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Kay Wiles, director of HealthNet's Homeless Initiative Program, told IndyStar Wednesday that the goal is to give families one place to call at HealthNet to be connected with housing resources.
    Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Problem is, very few topical over-the-counter serums and moisturizers made a dent in smoothing out the prominent lines.
    Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 26 Nov. 2024
  • And its stronger assortment of general merchandise is making a dent as well.
    Nathan Bomey, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The scene was simple: a security robot hunkered in a repair cubicle, mending its injuries.
    Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The Pencil Skirt Clean-lined, pencil skirts have officially transcended the confines of the cubicle, thanks to designers like Saint Laurent, Toteme, and Tory Burch who put forward polished designs with street style appeal.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Eventually, Lucius encounters the armor his father wore, placed on display in a kind of shrine for the other warriors to admire, and dons it himself for a battle where not just his own life but his mother’s is at stake.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Torii gates, structures found at the entrance of Shinto shrines across Japan, symbolize the transition from the mundane to the sacred.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In a little over a year, my three-decade indenture as a full-time laundress will come to an end.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
  • This smashes every indenture that binds a Negro child other than as a white child should be bound!
    Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023

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“Embrasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embrasure. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.

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