Word: architrave
Category: architrave
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Synonyms: architrave
eyeglass
Translations: architrave
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german
Translations:
architrav
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french
Translations:
architrave
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russian
Translations:
архитрав
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czech
Translations:
architráv
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polish
Translations:
architraw
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hungarian
Translations:
párkánygerenda
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greek
Translations:
επιστύλιο
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ukrainian
Translations:
архітрав
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macedonian
Translations:
архитрав
The meaning and "use of": architrave
noun
- (in classical architecture) a main beam resting across the tops of columns, specifically the lower third entablature. - While many may think of the classical tradition of Greek culture, such as that articulated in the columns and architraves of the Parthenon, Calatrava also drew from a later Greek tradition: the Byzantine.
- the molded frame around a doorway or window. - He gave the monumental facades along K Street and 15th Street elaborately detailed copper window architraves , stringcourses, cornices, and escutcheons.
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