socle

noun

Definition of soclenext
as in frieze

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socle
  1. frieze
  2. cornice
  3. capital
  4. entablature
  5. architrave
  6. column
  7. pillar
  8. pilaster
Noun
  • Why wouldn’t the owner take the time to up-light the friezes?
    Sage Jessica Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The smoothed limestone blocks and cobra frieze already found at the site may be hiding such an entrance.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of frieze
Noun
  • By Demetrius Simms Snap-Shot Photography Photo : Snap-Shot Photography Period elements such as detailed cornices and a grand staircase highlight the foyer.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2024
  • These buildings followed the example of an extruded Renaissance palazzo with a prominent roof cornice set by McKim, Mead & White’s 998 Fifth Avenue of 1910.
    David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of cornice
Noun
  • El Alto is the second largest city in Bolivia and is a short cable car ride away from La Paz, the country’s administrative capital.
    Mark LaSota, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the de facto administrative capital of Sejong in central South Korea is the youngest with just 11.57 percent being elderly.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of capital
Noun
  • Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues.
    Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Typically, colonnades form at the top and bottom of the flow (starting from the cooling surface) with a middle area of entablature (see above).
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015
Definition of entablature
Noun
  • Drench a Room in Color Paint the whole room lavender, walls, doors, architraves, fireplaces, and all; the effect is brilliantly bold and ultra-contemporary, as evidenced by Sawyers’ Dupont Circle project.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
  • The entire government believes that school is a fundamental architrave of our society.
    Irene Dominioni, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
Definition of architrave
Noun
  • Marcus Rashford remains the big story at Old Trafford, a player who has probably generated more column inches than any other in England over the last decade.
    Darren Richman, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • That's when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, after a container ship struck one of its support columns.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of column
Noun
  • When constructed, the stone circle was aligned with the sun, and to this day, thousands of people gather to witness the moment the sun peeks perfectly through its pillars.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Each of these pillars of the wellness program are incorporated into the guests’ stay at the Kneipp Hotel Hammerschmiede outside of Salzburg.
    Brett Braley, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of pillar
Noun
  • Though more stately in its setting of classical pilasters and marble floors, the lobby El Bar del Majestic is pretty hopping too with live piano music.
    John Oseid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Rising above the great staircase is a builder’s catalogue of pilasters, cornices, corners, lion’s heads, dentils, robed muses, medallions, scrolls, and arched niches.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of pilaster
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