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valance

[val-uhns, vey-luhns] / ˈvæl əns, ˈveɪ ləns /




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For a clean, custom look, Arnold sometimes likes to hide the curtain rod or track by tucking it behind a valance or crown molding.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

Hybridization is introduced to explain the geometry of bonding orbitals in valance bond theory.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Model ships and colored onion lamps, as well as the valance scalloped like waves that frames the waterfront view, affirm the maritime theme.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 3, 2018

Bob, can you talk a little bit about, the other fascinating valance around this today, at least in the public conversation around the testimony, is the notion that there can be no requisite mens rea.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2017

She held this until Lady Betty had dropped the valance, and the two could take their seats again.

From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John