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Balcony

A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Gallery 76% connected

A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by…

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Loge 76% connected

A lodge; a habitation.

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Mezzanine 76% connected

Same as Entresol.

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Balustrade 70% connected

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a buildi…

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Banister 70% connected

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fin…

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Box 70% connected

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…

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Loge 70% connected

A lodge; a habitation.

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Corner noun · 86% connection

(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

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Antero- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

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Apse noun · 78% connection

A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projec…

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Baluster noun · 78% connection

A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gall…

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Barbette noun · 78% connection

A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

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Bay noun · 78% connection

A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, va…

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Bay window unknown · 78% connection

A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Bracket verb · 78% connection

To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, projecting, wall, building, resting.
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Bracketing noun · 78% connection

A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.

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Bring out verb · 78% connection

direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"

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Bulkhead noun · 78% connection

A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall…

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Catherine wheel unknown · 78% connection

Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.

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Consolation noun · 78% connection

The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that whic…

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