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| ancon |
a bracket, sometimes ornamental, used to support a molding, shelf, or the like. |
| annulet |
an encircling molding, as around the shaft of a column where it joins the capital. |
| architrave |
the decorative band or molding lining a door or window. [1/2 definitions] |
| arris |
in architecture, the edge, ridge, or line made when two surfaces meet at an angle, as in a molding. |
| beading |
an ornamental molding, trim, or pattern having a rounded or beadlike design. [1/4 definitions] |
| billet2 |
one of series of square or cylindrical ornaments on an architectural molding. [1/4 definitions] |
| congé |
in architecture, a kind of concave molding. [1/4 definitions] |
| cornice |
in architecture, a decorative horizontal projection running near or along the upper edge of a wall or building; molding. [2/4 definitions] |
| dentil |
one of a group of small rectangular blocks resembling teeth, such as those forming a molding or projecting from under a cornice. |
| ogee |
an elongated S-shaped curve, or a molding in such a curve. |
| plate rail |
a narrow, shelflike strip or molding attached to the upper part of a wall, on which plates or other flat objects can be displayed. |
| sandcastle |
a toy castle made on a beach by molding wet sand. |
| sculpt |
to make (a sculpture), as by carving, chiseling, or molding. [1/2 definitions] |
| sculpture |
the art or craft of producing three-dimensional artistic images, as by carving, chiseling, or molding. [2/7 definitions] |
| torsade |
a twisted cord or strip of fabric, or a molding resembling this, used as ornament. |
| torus |
a semicircular surface, or rounded ridge, or the solid it encloses, such as the convex molding surrounding the base of a column or the doughnut-shaped figure generated, in geometry, by a circle or an ellipse. |
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