cornice

Meaning of cornice

noun
  1. an ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling.
  2. an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice.

mid 16th century: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix ‘crow’ (compare with corbel), but influenced by Greek korōnis ‘coping stone’.

Information about cornice

Hyphenation of cornice

cor-nice

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • cornice is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

cornice synonyms

Meaning valance:

valance, pelmet

Translation of cornice

Anagrams of cornice

crocein, crocine

Words that rhyme with cornice

Nice, nice, Aganice, Anice, Baranice, Canice, Danice, Janice, Nanice, Ranice, ultranice, Berenice, Denice, Glenice, Jenice, Phenice, Venice, venice, Annice, Bonnice, Cannice, Ennice, unnice, ironice, Bernice, Vernice, garnice, overnice, Eunice, unice

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