Wondering how to use Cornice in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as valance or render.
Cornice meaning
- A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
- A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
- A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
Synonyms of Cornice
Using Cornice
- The main meaning on this page is: A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls. | A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding. | A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
- Useful related words include: valance, render, provide, supply.
- In the example corpus, cornice often appears in combinations such as: the cornice, cornice which, and cornice.
Context around Cornice
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 14 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cornice
- In this selection, "cornice" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pierced, wide, style, two, throughout and work stand out and add context to how "cornice" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a wide cornice which runs and as the cornice traverse where. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cornice" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cornice
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We’ve kept all the original coving and cornice throughout the house," he said. (14 words)
Above that, the profiles of the cornice moldings are like those of the Ionic order. (15 words)
Fuse goes in top, and you yeet it onto the cornice at the top of the slope. (17 words)
Each of the constructed bell towers has a clock, one for Roman time, the other for tempo ultramontano or European time Construction of the façade proceeded up to the cornice level and the dome completed as far as the lantern. (40 words)
For the exterior of the building he designed a giant order which defines every external bay, the whole lot being held together by a wide cornice which runs unbroken like a rippling ribbon around the entire building. (37 words)
Kangshung Face (the east face) as seen from orbit From the South Summit, climbers follow the knife-edge southeast ridge along what is known as the "Cornice traverse", where snow clings to intermittent rock. (34 words)
Example sentences (18)
Fuse goes in top, and you yeet it onto the cornice at the top of the slope.
The living room/drawing room, equally splendid, features a complete pierced cornice, two feature deep sash windows, and an original slate fireplace.
We’ve kept all the original coving and cornice throughout the house," he said.
It turned up at the top of a narrow chute in the French Alps, below a cornice on the Beartooth Pass, halfway down an icy headwall with a loaded toboggan behind me.
Inside are enormous rooms, high ceilings and striking original features including cornice work, a cupola and an elegant staircase.
Above that, the profiles of the cornice moldings are like those of the Ionic order.
At either end of the building the pediment rises from the cornice, framed by moulding of similar form.
Each of the constructed bell towers has a clock, one for Roman time, the other for tempo ultramontano or European time Construction of the façade proceeded up to the cornice level and the dome completed as far as the lantern.
For the exterior of the building he designed a giant order which defines every external bay, the whole lot being held together by a wide cornice which runs unbroken like a rippling ribbon around the entire building.
He has seemingly created three orders out of the three defined rusticated levels, the whole being surmounted by an enormous Roman-style cornice which juts out over the street by 2.5 meters.
Kangshung Face (the east face) as seen from orbit From the South Summit, climbers follow the knife-edge southeast ridge along what is known as the "Cornice traverse", where snow clings to intermittent rock.
Made entirely of black marble, except for the base and cornice, the altar would have made a striking impression.
The clay ornaments were limited to the roof of buildings, decorating the cornice, the corners and surmounting the pediment.
The cornice is composed of a carved scroll regularly interspersed with projecting lions' heads and ornamented with palmetto cresting along the upper edge.
The cornice is covered by Sullivan's trademark Art Nouveau vines and each ground-floor entrance is topped by a semi-circular arch.
The cornice retains the shape of the beams that would once have supported the wooden roof at each end of the building.
The strong wind hurled a piece of the hotel's cornice into Kaye's room; had he been hit, he might well have been killed.
The upper band of the entablature is called the " cornice ", which is generally ornately decorated on its lower edge.
Common combinations with cornice
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cornice 10×
- cornice which 3×
- and cornice 2×
- cornice the 2×
- cornice is 2×