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Word entry · 4 letters

nave

Best crossword clue

"Main church aisle"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /neɪv/Part of speech nounSorted aenvStarts with NEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1N2A3V4E

Definitions

  1. the central area of a church

Word origin

Ultimately from Latin nāvem, singular accusative of nāvis, possibly via a Romance source. Doublet of nef and nau.

Used in a sentence

  • 'Out, out, thou strumpet Fortune! All you gods, In general synod take away her power; Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven[…]
  • Till he faced the slave; / Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, / Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, / And fix'd his head upon our battlements

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