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корниз — meaning in English

korniz

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English meaning

  • fascia noun A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
  • ledge noun A narrow flat shelf sticking out from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
  • molding noun A decorative strip, usually of wood or plaster, used to trim or ornament edges and joints.

Senses

корниз is used for these senses in English:

  • cornice (architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
  • dripstone (architecture) A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.
  • fascia (architectural element) A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
  • ledge (architecture) A cornice.
  • molding (architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.

fascia — full definition

  1. noun A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
  2. noun A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
  3. noun A dashboard.
  4. noun A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.

ledge — full definition

  1. noun A narrow flat shelf sticking out from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
  2. noun A ridge or shelf of rock, especially underwater or bearing minerals.

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