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Word entry · 7 letters

cornice

Best crossword clue

"Wall molding"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɔːnɪs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cceinorStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. furnish with a cornice

Word origin

From Middle French corniche or Italian cornice, possibly from either (1) Latin cornīx (“crow”) or (2) Latin coronis (“curved line, flourish in writing”), from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís). See also corniche.

Used in a sentence

  • It is a large square structure, two and a half stories in height, with a hipped roof rising above a handsome cornice with prominent modillions and surmounted by a balustraded belvedere.
  • Challenger looked up at the cornice and round at the skirting.
  • And blood was on the roof, and great gouts of blood on the walls and on the cornice of my bed.

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