ALL meanings of cornice
cor·nice
C c - countable noun cornice A cornice is a strip of plaster, wood, or stone which goes along the top of a wall or building. 3
- noun cornice the top projecting mouldings of an entablature 3
- noun cornice a continuous horizontal projecting course or moulding at the top of a wall, building, etc 3
- noun cornice an overhanging ledge of snow formed by the wind on the edge of a mountain ridge, cliff, or corrie 3
- verb cornice to furnish or decorate with or as if with a cornice 3
- noun cornice a horizontal molding projecting along the top of a wall, building, etc. 3
- noun cornice the top part of an entablature 3
- noun cornice a projecting, decorative strip above a window, designed to keep a curtain rod from showing 3
- verb transitive cornice to top as with a cornice 3
- noun cornice ceiling moulding 1
- noun cornice Architecture. any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes. the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona. 1
- noun cornice any of various other ornamental horizontal moldings or bands, as for concealing hooks or rods from which curtains are hung or for supporting picture hooks. 1
- noun cornice a mass of snow, ice, etc., projecting over a mountain ridge. 1
- verb with object cornice to furnish or finish with a cornice. 1
- noun cornice An ornamental molding around the wall of a room just below the ceiling. 1
- noun cornice (architecture) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls. 0
- noun cornice A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown moulding. 0
- noun cornice A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy. 0