modanatura — meaning in English

English meaning

• chaplet noun A garland or circlet for the head.
• molding noun A decorative strip, usually of wood or plaster, used to trim or ornament edges and joints.

Senses

modanatura is used for these senses in English:

• chaplet A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
• 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.

chaplet — full definition

1. noun A garland or circlet for the head.
2. noun A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
3. noun A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
4. noun A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.

molding — full definition

1. noun A decorative strip, usually of wood or plaster, used to trim or ornament edges and joints.
2. noun The process of shaping something in a mold.

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