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cornice

[kawr-nis] / ˈkɔr nɪs /
NOUN
molding
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Four of the dogs were rescued after they fell through the cornice, but Aggie could not be found after landing in Coire Toll Mhor, a large hollow below the summit.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

On the right, a cornice suggests a building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

In the most superficial way, the addition is a contextual match for the main house—it is white, and it is a similar height, with a cornice and a matching parapet.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025

As your eyes adjust in the dark, unlit details fade in: a coat of aluminum paint on the cornice, a staircase through the curtain, a tracing of mortar among stones in the foundation.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

She reached again, this time lunging a bit, and managed to grab on to the cornice.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

"Recent observations show areas of unstable snow, with cornices forming in several locations near the top of the mountain," it said, in a Facebook post on Thursday.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

Large cornices are more likely to fail during warmer weather, the agency said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2024

There, he worked with the interiors’ existing volumes and decorative flourishes, painting gilded frames and cornices on the walls and ceilings that veered wildly off course.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

A couple of hours later, there was round two, a joint press conference with Niinistö under the cornices and crystal chandeliers of the east room.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2019

She could just make out the top two floors of the Griffin Building, with its white cornices that blazed in the sunlight.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Within Chinatown’s gridlike layout, you can spot a few examples of the low-rise Italianate brick or white stucco and corniced buildings that predate a devastating fire in 1900.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2020

The program is not for the faint of heart, as the terrain is dramatic and moderately technical, often requiring the guide to short-rope guests on the rocky outcrops and corniced sections.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had one day of seclusion with his family in the big, ornately corniced house of Mrs. David Wallace, his mother-in-law.

From Time Magazine Archive

The seat of Uniforce is Fontainebleau, the carved and corniced residence of French kings.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Lopsang saw that Hansen was faltering, he held up his own descent long enough to make sure Doug and Rob made it safely across a dangerously corniced area just below the top.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Running along the edge, where the ceiling meets the walls is block cornicing, which Phramaha Prasert said was so that the temple remained "sympathetic to its Edinburgh location".

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2022

Somewhere, someone is running a judgemental finger along your cornicing.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2018

Yanique makes it clear from the beginning that she is not interested in the framing and cornicing of realism.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 11, 2014

Or it could be Victorian - all about cornicing, bay windows and patterned brickwork.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2013

The walls and ceilings were peppermint, and here and there, you’d see a bit of fishing net, or a rotted piece from a boat stuck up high near the cornicing.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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