Word: architrave
Category: architrave
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Synonyms: architrave
eyeglass
Translations: architrave
architrave in german
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german
Translations:
architrav
architrave in french
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french
Translations:
architrave
architrave in russian
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russian
Translations:
архитрав
architrave in czech
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czech
Translations:
architráv
architrave in polish
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polish
Translations:
architraw
architrave in hungarian
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hungarian
Translations:
párkánygerenda
architrave in greek
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greek
Translations:
επιστύλιο
architrave in ukrainian
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ukrainian
Translations:
архітрав
architrave in macedonian
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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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