cornice

cornice is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
2. noun. the topmost projecting part of an entablature
3. noun. a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
4. noun. a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing

   Synonyms: pelmet, valance

5. verb. furnish with a cornice

Synonyms

pelmet, valance

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cornice:

crocein, crocine

Common word forms

corniced, cornices, cornicing

Words from these letters

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