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Entablature

The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

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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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Architrave 70% connected

The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.

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Attic 70% connected

Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical;…

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Cornice 70% connected

Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedes…

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Frieze 70% connected

That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by trigly…

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Temple 70% connected

A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

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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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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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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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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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Apteral adjective · 78% connection

Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphipr…

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Cap noun · 78% connection

The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.

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Cathetometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces…

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Column noun · 78% connection

Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superstructure, lies, horizontally, upon, columns.
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Columnar adjective · 78% connection

Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.

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Columniation noun · 78% connection

(architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure

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Corona noun · 78% connection

The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of…

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Dado noun · 78% connection

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

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Epichordal adjective · 78% connection

Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguis…

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Forecastle noun · 78% connection

living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superstructure, lies, horizontally, upon, columns.
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Foundation noun · 78% connection

That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superstructure, lies, horizontally, upon, columns.
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Gorgerin noun · 78% connection

In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between tw…

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Herringbone noun · 78% connection

a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping th…

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Hypostyle adjective · 78% connection

Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.

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