fan vaulting
fan vault·ing
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fan vawl-ting]
- /fæn ˈvɔl tɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fan vawl-ting]
- /fæn ˈvɔl tɪŋ/
Definitions of fan vaulting words
- noun fan vaulting a system of fan vaults. 1
- noun fan vaulting vaulting having ribs that radiate like those of a fan and spring from the top of a capital or corbel 0
- noun fan vaulting vaulting in which the ribs are spread out like those of a fan 0
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Origin of fan vaulting
First appearance:
before 1795 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1795-1805
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Parts of speech for Fan vaulting
noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
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fan vaulting popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
fan vaulting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fan vaulting
noun fan vaulting
- beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- covert — Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- dome — Architecture. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. a domical roof or ceiling. a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
Antonyms for fan vaulting
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