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# cornice

«cornice» in Mova's school dictionary: **a decorated strip of wood, plaster or stone that runs…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cornice, cornices)

### meaning for a pupil

A cornice is a decorated strip of wood, plaster or stone that runs along the top of a wall, just under the ceiling or roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornice/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old houses and stories, the carved ledge at the top of a room or building, where ornaments or carved faces could be found.

### examples

- The painter climbed the ladder to paint the cornice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornice/#x1)
- Gold leaves were carved along the cornice of the palace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornice/#x2)
- The room had a white cornice under a bright ceiling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornice/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cornice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.