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Word entry · 6 letters

frieze

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"Wall band"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɹiːz/Part of speech nounSorted eefirzStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1F2R3I4E5Z6E

Definitions

  1. A decorative horizontal band on a wall or building.

Word origin

Late Middle English, from French and Middle French frise, probably from Medieval Latin Frisia (“Frisian (wool)”) due to import via Northern ships. Or, from French friser (“to curl”)..

Used in a sentence

  • This dark, frieze-coated, hoarse, teeth-chattering month […]
  • From beggar's frieze to monarch's robe, / One common doom is pass'd; / Sweet nature's works, the swelling globe, / Must all burn out at last.
  • "You may shoot, or you may not," cried Scarrow, striking his hand upon the breast of his frieze jacket.

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