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pediment

[ped-uh-muhnt] / ˈpɛd ə mənt /
NOUN
bottom
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basement bed floor ground seat underside
STRONG
base basis bedrock depths foot footing groundwork nadir pedestal rest substratum substructure support underbelly
WEAK
deepest part lowest part nether portion terra firma underneath
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ceiling
STRONG
top
WEAK
exteriority outside
NOUN
rest
Synonyms
STRONG
basis bed bottom footing ground groundwork holder pedestal pillar prop seat seating shelf stand stay support trestle
Antonyms
WEAK
action activity base core energy
NOUN
undersurface
Synonyms
STRONG
base basement basis bed bedrock belly depths floor foot footing ground groundwork nadir pedestal rest seat sole substratum substructure support underbelly underside
WEAK
deepest part lowest part nether portion terra firma underneath
Antonyms
STRONG
annex ceiling top

Example Sentences

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He belongs in Athens, in the Acropolis Museum, anchoring the West Pediment of the Parthenon.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 22, 2019

On he goes, the little one, Bud of the universe, Pediment of life.

From Tortoises by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

The Pediment of the principal Front was to my mind well fancy'd.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

ART AND ARCHITECTURE.—Groups of Statuary for the Pediment of the House of Parliament in Vienna.—2 engravings.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various

The Part which projects from the principal Front, is terminated by a Pediment, which is a grand Piece of Sculpture.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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