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frieze

[freez] / friz /
NOUN
molding
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To support his thesis, Altin pointed to a 3rd-century BC frieze depicting the deification of Homer, which he says reproduced the Bornova cave with remarkable precision.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

The acclaimed Chicago artist assembled archival images of Black women into a two-part frieze depicting them in positions of beauty and power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

KHARTOUM, Sudan — The diggers were efficient, cramming in so many graves that, from above, the field near the University of Sudan’s medical campus looked like a frieze of an undulating, gravel-brown sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

He stayed in a large bedroom on the first floor’s west wing, which features a delicate plaster frieze of mermaids and multiple layers of ancient wooden panelling.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024

At the far end of the room, the altar was elaborately carved with a frieze showing the man with the ice-cream-scoop hat holding a knife to the neck of a bull.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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