spandrels

Meaning of spandrels

noun
  1. The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them.
  2. Horizontal member between the windows of successive storeys of a tall building.
  3. The triangular space under a stair; the material that fills the space.
  4. An oriental rug having a pattern of arches; the design in the corners of such a rug, especially in a prayer rug.
  5. A phenotypic characteristic that evolved as a side effect of an adaptation in response to evolutionary pressure.

Information about spandrels

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of spandrels is: spandrel.
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Hyphenation of spandrels

span-drels

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • spandrels is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with spandrels

apparels, disapparels, reapparels, taffarels, unapparels, cambrels, gambrels, timbrels, tumbrels, umbrels, whimbrels, wimbrels, mandrels, scoundrels, becquerels, cheverels, cockerels, doggerels, dotterels, gomerels, haverels, hoggerels, mackerels, merels, pickerels, tafferels, doggrels, gangrels, langrels, mongrels, staumrels, forels, lorels, morels, sorels, barrels, burrels, carrels, ferrels, marrels, parrels, quarrels, sorrels, squirrels, verrels, worrels, chaptrels, coistrels, costrels, coystrels

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