Meaning

9 senses
  1. A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.

    фа́сцияfáscija

  2. A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.

  3. (UK)A dashboard.

  4. A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.

  5. A broad well-defined band of color.

    полоса́polosá, поло́скаpolóska

  6. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.

    поясо́кpojasók, ле́нтаlénta, бинтbint

  7. A sash worn with a cassock by clergy of the Catholic and Anglican churches.

  8. The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing muscles and organs; an aponeurosis.

    Faszie

    фа́сцияfáscija

    a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc

  9. The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The fascia was torn and must heal.

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  2. The fascia and soffit were made of some newly developed material.

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  3. Fascia is made of connective tissue.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
band of material covering the ends of roof rafters:
broad well-defined band of color:
band, sash, or fillet:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tissue:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods

Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle, band”). Cognate with fajita, fess, and fascism.

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Forms

plural: fascias / fasciae
Singularfascia
Pluralfascias / fasciae

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc:facia
  • instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls:dashboard

Word family

14 related words

See also

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