| Meaning | (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance. |
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| Category | architecture | The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings |
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| Narrower | antefix | carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles |
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| crocket | An architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable |
| dogtooth | A carved pyramidal ornament |
| foliation, foliage | (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament |
| fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern | An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief) |
| frieze | An architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice |
| guilloche | An architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands |
| trefoil | An architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle |
| Broader | decoration, ornament, ornamentation | Something used to beautify |
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| Spanish | ornamento arquitectónico |
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| Catalan | ornament arquitectònic |
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