cornice
3 synonyms for cornice, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A projecting horizontal band at the top of a wall, on the outside of a building or inside a room.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
A projecting horizontal band at the top of a wall, on the outside of a building or inside a room.
“The old house had a carved stone cornice.”
2. noun mountaineering
An overhanging edge of snow along a mountain ridge or crest.
“The climbers kept well back from the cornice.”
How to use cornice
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
It is a technical term in building and mountaineering.
Etymology
The word came from Middle French corniche or from Italian cornice. Its earlier source is uncertain and may be a Latin word for a crow or a Latin word for a curved line.
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