Meaning

1 senses

  1. To furnish or decorate with a cornice.

    furnish with a cornice

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The ceiling was detailed with an immaculate cornice.

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  2. The ornate cornice adorned the top of the building.

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  3. The architect designed an elegant cornice for the house.

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  4. We painted the cornice white to match the room's decor.

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Origin

From Middle French corniche or Italian cornice, possibly from either (1) Latin cornīx (“cr

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.

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Forms

cornices, cornicing, corniced, corniced
Base formcornice · to cornice
3rd person singularcornices
Present participlecornicing
Past simplecorniced
Past participlecorniced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycornice
he, she, itcornices

Past simpleLesson

all personscorniced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave corniced
he, she, ithas corniced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cornice

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
corneumcornfieldcornflowercornichecornishcornstarch
cornice — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto