architrave

noun

Definition of architravenext
as in frieze

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Recent Examples of architrave The current owners have lovingly maintained and restored the home over the past 10 years, preserving many of its original elements, including intricate wall paneling, grand fireplaces, box cornices, and detailed architraves. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2025 Drench a Room in Color Paint the whole room lavender, walls, doors, architraves, fireplaces, and all; the effect is brilliantly bold and ultra-contemporary, as evidenced by Sawyers’ Dupont Circle project. — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023 The entire government believes that school is a fundamental architrave of our society. — Irene Dominioni, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 The 59-foot-high structure, topped with an architrave, is made from marble from Mount Pentelicus, also used for the Parthenon. — History Magazine, 3 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for architrave
  1. frieze
  2. cornice
  3. entablature
  4. pilaster
  5. capital
  6. column
  7. shaft
Noun
  • Note, too, the gold mosaic frieze designed by artist Walter Crane, and shipped over piece by piece from Venice.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
    — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Definition of frieze
Noun
  • The gate is an imposing sandstone façade, beautifully detailed with wreaths, moldings, cornices, and other elements of classical architecture.
    — Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
  • And to allay the fears of brownstone-dwellers: A cornice is not a parapet, so most brownstones don’t actually have parapets.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of cornice
Noun
  • Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues.
    — Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Typically, colonnades form at the top and bottom of the flow (starting from the cooling surface) with a middle area of entablature (see above).
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015
Definition of entablature
Noun
  • Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
    — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Though more stately in its setting of classical pilasters and marble floors, the lobby El Bar del Majestic is pretty hopping too with live piano music.
    — John Oseid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of pilaster
Noun
  • The Finnish goalie was on the other side of the Ullmark trade that brought the latter to Canada’s capital.
    — Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • After the acquittal, rare in capital murder cases in Tarrant County, Delancy, who is 34, was to be released from jail on Wednesday evening.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of capital
Noun
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Definition of column
Noun
  • Eighty columns — massive granite shafts topped by Corinthian capitals — carry rows of arches down the 440-foot length of the nave.
    — The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Instead of the sound and fury of a piston-engine vehicle shooting power through a mechanical system of joints and shafts and secondary clutches, one only experiences the smooth, rushing fury, accompanied by a synthesized whispering.
    — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Definition of shaft

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“Architrave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architrave. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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