fanciful shapes
1fanciful — fan|ci|ful [ˈfænsıfəl] adj 1.) imagined rather than based on facts often used to show disapproval ▪ a fanciful story ▪ The suggestion that there was a conspiracy is not entirely fanciful. 2.) full of unusual and very detailed shapes or… …
2fanciful — adjective 1 imagined rather than based on facts: a fanciful story | The suggestion that there was a conspiracy is not entirely fanciful. 2 full of unusual and very detailed shapes or complicated designs: fanciful decorations fancifully adverb …
3South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
4Novelty architecture — Randy s Donuts in Inglewood, California, built in 1954 …
5topiaries — adj. (plant or tree) trimmed into a decorative shape, clipped into a fanciful shape n. art of trimming plants or trees into decorative shapes; garden containing trees that are trimmed into fanciful shapes …
6topiary — adj. (plant or tree) trimmed into a decorative shape, clipped into a fanciful shape n. art of trimming plants or trees into decorative shapes; garden containing trees that are trimmed into fanciful shapes …
7gingerbread — gingerbready, adj. /jin jeuhr bred /, n. 1. a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses. 2. a rolled cookie similarly flavored, often cut in fanciful shapes, and sometimes frosted. 3. elaborate, gaudy, or superfluous architectural… …
8Tureen — A tureen is a serving dish for foods such as soups or stews, often shaped as a broad, deep, oval vessel with fixed handles and a low domed cover with a knob or handle. Over the centuries, tureens have appeared in many different forms, some round …
9Nikolais, Alwin — born Nov. 25, 1910, Southington, Conn., U.S. died May 8, 1993, New York, N.Y. U.S. dancer, choreographer, composer, and designer. He studied modern dance with various teachers, including Hanya Holm, whose assistant he later became. In 1948 he… …
10Gingerbread — Gin ger*bread , n. A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. Gingerbread that was full fine. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {Gingerbread tree} (Bot.), the doom palm; so called from the resemblance of its… …
