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pediment
noun as in bottom
noun as in rest
Example Sentences
Easy to carve and freely split in any direction without shattering, the stone was commonly used throughout Virginia for pediments, quoins and other decorative details in 18th-century houses and churches.
In the carving, the temple is depicted with a classical pediment front and a colonnade of columns supporting the structure.
Over each compartment is a pediment decorated in the centre with shields.
Over the central door are small figures in bas-relief, and in the pediment above one reads, 131 "Ici fut la Maison de Molire."
Then, at the query, an unkempt, illclad lassie slipped from her stool and leaned out over the pediment of a tomb.
The arch is composed of two unequal segments of a circle, which form a sort of natural pediment.
There is a two-necked stone eagle (the Barbaro crest), with a copper crown, in the centre of the pediment.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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