piláster

  • 21pilaster strip — noun : a pilaster mass of slight projection or of slender proportions * * * Archit. a pilaster mass of relatively slight projection. [1870 75] …

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  • 22Pilaster, der — Der Piláster, des s, plur. ut nom. sing. aus dem Franz. Pilastre, ein Pfeiler …

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  • 23pilaster strip — Archit. a pilaster mass of relatively slight projection. [1870 75] * * * …

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  • 24pilaster — noun Etymology: Middle French pilastre, from Italian pilastro Date: 1575 an upright architectural member that is rectangular in plan and is structurally a pier but architecturally treated as a column and that usually projects a third of its width …

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  • 25pilaster — noun /pɪˈlastə/ A rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration …

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  • 26pilaster — pi·las·ter pi las tər n an elongated hardened ridge esp a longitudinal bony ridge on the back of the femur …

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  • 27pilaster — Synonyms and related words: antenna tower, arcade, atlas, baluster, balustrade, banister, barbican, base, belfry, bell tower, campanile, caryatid, colonnade, colonnette, colossus, column, cupola, dado, derrick, die, dome, fire tower, footstalk,… …

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  • 28pilaster — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prop, pillar, minaret; see column 1 , post 1 …

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  • 29Pilaster — Pi|lạs|ter 〈m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: 〉 Wandpfeiler [Etym.: <ital. pilastro; zu lat. pila »Pfeiler«] …

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  • 30pilaster — pi|las|ter [pıˈlæstə US ər] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: pilastre, from Italian, from Latin pila; PILLAR] a flat square ↑column attached to the wall of a building for decoration …

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