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Categories: Articles with short description, Architectural elements, Columns and entablature

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The topmost projecting part of an entablature WordNet 3.0

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The topmost projecting part of an entablature WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In architecture, a cornice is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall. Wikipedia

The topmost projecting architectural element of a building, originally used as an ornament or as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls. OmegaWiki

A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding. Wiktionary

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