cornice
cornice Lexical Profile
cornice Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An ornamental horizontal molding that crowns a building or furniture element, or runs along the top of an interior wall just below the ceiling.
"The historic library featured intricate plasterwork along the cornice of the reading room."
An overhanging mass of hardened snow or ice formed by the wind along the crest of a mountain ridge or cliff edge.
"The mountaineers stayed well back from the ridge edge to avoid triggering a collapse of the unstable snow cornice."
A decorative horizontal strip or box of wood or fabric mounted above a window to conceal curtain rods and hardware.
"She upholstered the wooden window cornice in a patterned linen to match the drapes."
• verb
To furnish, finish, or ornament a wall, building, or structure with a projecting horizontal molding.
"The craftsmen were hired to cornice the high ceilings of the renovated townhouse."
• Rhymes for cornice
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from French cornice, from Italian cornice ('ledge'), likely from Medieval Greek korōnis ('curved line or flourish').