cornice
Meaning of cornice
noun
- an ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling.
- an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice.
mid 16th century: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix ‘crow’ (compare with corbel), but influenced by Greek korōnis ‘coping stone’.
Information about cornice
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cornice is: cornices.
- Languages in which cornice is used:
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Hyphenation of cornice
cor-nice
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- cornice is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cornice synonyms
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Translation of cornice
- Italian: cornicione
- French: corniche
- Spanish: cornisa
- Portuguese: cornija
Anagrams of cornice
Words that rhyme with cornice
Nice, nice, Aganice, Anice, Baranice, Canice, Danice, Janice, Nanice, Ranice, ultranice, Berenice, Denice, Glenice, Jenice, Phenice, Venice, venice, Annice, Bonnice, Cannice, Ennice, unnice, ironice, Bernice, Vernice, garnice, overnice, Eunice, unice
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