cornicenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɔː.nɪs/us/ˈkɔːr.nɪs/a decorative border found where the ceiling meets the walls in some rooms and also along the top of some walls and buildings
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Building: interior decoration
- calk
- caulk
- color scheme
- colour scheme
- decor
- do sth out
- feng shui
- flock wallpaper
- greenery
- grout
- masking tape
- moulding
- paint
- paint stripper
- painter
- paper
- stripper
- wall hanging
- wallpaper
- whitewash
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Parts of buildings: walls & parts of walls
Examples from literature
- In shape it is hexagonal, with shafts at the angles rising into an enriched cornice.
- Over each arch attached to the cornice, surrounding the building, there were three grotesque heads.
- The afternoon was dark and electric lights burned along the cornice of the room engaged for the shareholders' meeting.
- The horizontal lines of the architrave and cornice predominate over the vertical lines of the columns.
- The walls were ornamented with the choicest specimens of French paper, enriched with a gilded cornice of elegant design.