Meaning of "cornice" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORNICE

From Old French, from Italian, perhaps from Latin cornix crow, but influenced also by Latin corōnis decorative flourish used by scribes, from Greek korōnis, from korōnē curved object, crown.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CORNICE

cornice  [ˈkɔːnɪs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORNICE

Cornice is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cornice in English.

WHAT DOES CORNICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cornice

A cornice is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture element— the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the top edge of a pedestal or along the top of an interior wall. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding. The function of the projecting cornice of a building is to throw rainwater free of the building’s walls. In residential building practice, this function is handled by projecting gable ends, roof eaves, and gutters. However, house eaves may also be called "cornices" if they are finished with decorative molding. In this sense, while most cornices are also eaves, not all eaves are usually considered cornices— eaves are primarily functional and not necessarily decorative, and a cornice has a decorative aspect to it. An example of a cornice, above large corbels, along the top of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Building in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia.

Definition of cornice in the English dictionary

The first definition of cornice in the dictionary is the top projecting mouldings of an entablature. Other definition of cornice is a continuous horizontal projecting course or moulding at the top of a wall, building, etc. Cornice is also an overhanging ledge of snow formed by the wind on the edge of a mountain ridge, cliff, or corrie.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CORNICE

PRESENT

Present

I cornice

you cornice

he/she/it cornices

we cornice

you cornice

they cornice

Present continuous

I am cornicing

you are cornicing

he/she/it is cornicing

we are cornicing

you are cornicing

they are cornicing

Present perfect

I have corniced

you have corniced

he/she/it has corniced

we have corniced

you have corniced

they have corniced

Present perfect continuous

I have been cornicing

you have been cornicing

he/she/it has been cornicing

we have been cornicing

you have been cornicing

they have been cornicing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I corniced

you corniced

he/she/it corniced

we corniced

you corniced

they corniced

Past continuous

I was cornicing

you were cornicing

he/she/it was cornicing

we were cornicing

you were cornicing

they were cornicing

Past perfect

I had corniced

you had corniced

he/she/it had corniced

we had corniced

you had corniced

they had corniced

Past perfect continuous

I had been cornicing

you had been cornicing

he/she/it had been cornicing

we had been cornicing

you had been cornicing

they had been cornicing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will cornice

you will cornice

he/she/it will cornice

we will cornice

you will cornice

they will cornice

Future continuous

I will be cornicing

you will be cornicing

he/she/it will be cornicing

we will be cornicing

you will be cornicing

they will be cornicing

Future perfect

I will have corniced

you will have corniced

he/she/it will have corniced

we will have corniced

you will have corniced

they will have corniced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been cornicing

you will have been cornicing

he/she/it will have been cornicing

we will have been cornicing

you will have been cornicing

they will have been cornicing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would cornice

you would cornice

he/she/it would cornice

we would cornice

you would cornice

they would cornice

Conditional continuous

I would be cornicing

you would be cornicing

he/she/it would be cornicing

we would be cornicing

you would be cornicing

they would be cornicing

Conditional perfect

I would have cornice

you would have cornice

he/she/it would have cornice

we would have cornice

you would have cornice

they would have cornice

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been cornicing

you would have been cornicing

he/she/it would have been cornicing

we would have been cornicing

you would have been cornicing

they would have been cornicing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you cornice
we let´s cornice
you cornice

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to cornice

Past participle

corniced

Present Participle

cornicing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF CORNICE

Find out the translation of cornice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cornice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cornice» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 檐口
• Translator English - Spanish: cornisa
• English: cornice
• Translator English - Hindi: कंगनी
• Translator English - Arabic: الكورنيش
• Translator English - Russian: карниз
• Translator English - Portuguese: cornice
• Translator English - Bengali: কার্ণিস্
• Translator English - French: corniche
• Translator English - Malay: Cornice
• Translator English - German: Gesims
• Translator English - Japanese: コーニス
• Translator English - Korean: 처마
• Translator English - Javanese: Cornice
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đường viền
• Translator English - Tamil: கொடுங்கை
• Translator English - Marathi: कंगारू
• Translator English - Turkish: korniş
• Translator English - Italian: cornicione
• Translator English - Polish: gzyms
• Translator English - Ukrainian: карниз
• Translator English - Romanian: cornișă
• Translator English - Greek: γείσο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kroonlys
• Translator English - Swedish: taklist
• Translator English - Norwegian: gesims

QUOTES WITH «CORNICE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cornice.

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Hugh Hardy

Please, don't use a cornice as a doorstop. At least put it somewhere where people will have to look up at it. Architectural details really ought to be displayed in the same relation to the viewer as they were originally intended.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORNICE»

Discover the use of cornice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cornice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Creative Window Treat-rev-sc

cornice is a wooden frame used as a top treatment. It not only frames and finishes a window treatment. hiding the hardware. but also saves energy by enclosing the top of the treatment. This cornice is easy to build. requiring only simple ...

Creative Publishing international Creative Publishing International

Wood-frame House Construction

Cornice Return The cornice return is the end finish of the cornice on a gable roof. In hip roofs and flat roofs, the cornice usually goes around the entire house. In a gable house, however, it must be terminated or joined with the gable ends.

LeRoy Oscar Anderson, William Oberschulte, 1992

Old-House Journal

WE DISCUSSED THE TECHNIQUES for repairing a deteriorated or damaged cornice in the August/September 1985 OHJ . In this article, we'll assume that you want to replace a wooden cornice that's either missing or so deteriorated that it ...

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Popular Mechanics

10 This illustration shows the relationship between ceiling panels, furring strips and cornice molding. Note how the concealed panel edges are fastened in place with wire nails. 1. Follow instructions on the other side ...

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Self-Reliant Living: Advice and Information on Just about ...

Advice and Information on Just about Everything You Need to Know to Live on Planet Earth Walter Szykitka. Figure 12-2,— Simplest type of open cornice. Figure 12-10. -Laying a S-ply built-up roof. to b« laid U In. u> me weather. Sheathing ...

Walter Szykitka, 2004

Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid

106 Setting the Eave Height If the cornice gets too large, the roof will overpower the building; if it is too small, the roof will appear perched on the building. Superimposing a pedestal, column, and entablature (regardless of the Order) results in ...

Marianne Cusato, Ben Pentreath, 2007

Complete Photo Guide to Sewing

A cornice is a painted or fabric-covered wooden frame used as a tailored top treatment. When fabric- covered, the frame is padded with foam or bonded polyester to round the corners and give it a soft, upholstered look. A cornice not only ...

Creative Publishing International

Nepalese Temple Architecture: Its Characteristics and Its ...

CHAPTER FIVE THE CORNICE OF NEPALESE TEMPLES The Nepalese shrine is surrounded by a console cornice which is carried round the entire structure ( Pls, V, a, b; VIII b; IX, XI, a). The cornice divides each front into two equal horizontal ...

Ulrich Wiesner, 1978

American Woodworker

SHAPE the cornice moldings on the tablesaw. Set the blade at 45 degrees. Run each board through on both faces to create bevel edges, then repeat for the other edge. The other narrow cornice molding is a simple 45-degree piece cut from a ...

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The Complete Photo Guide to Window Top Treatments

1 O Staple the face fabric to the cornice top at 1 ^ the center and ends, keeping the fabric taut but not stretched too tightly. Starting at the center, turn under the raw edge and staple it to the cornice top. Smoothing the fabric as you go, work first ...

Kathleen Stoehr, Linda Neubauer, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORNICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cornice is used in the context of the following news items.

Bids to be taken on the Justice Center renovations

Also included is work on the exterior including the fascia and cornice, the columns in the front, trim work, outside lighting and the installation of ... «The Daily Statesman, Jul 15»

House Hasson Hardware acquires Long Lewis Hardware Co.

Long Lewis was founded in 1887 as Bessemer Cornice Works and later changed to Long Lewis after acquiring competitor Lewis Hardware. «Birmingham Business Journal, Jul 15»

Duo Dickinson: When branding becomes blanding in New Haven

Originally designed as an 11-story mid-rise, with an outsized cantilevered open-grid cornice, the building has changed. The cornice was ... «New Haven Register, Jul 15»

NW's restless volcano also holds the world's newest glacier

A veteran mountaineer died in 2010 when a cornice collapsed and he fell 1,500 feet. On the volcano's north side, where the 1980 blast scoured ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»

Commentary: Urban cyclists are risk-takers at heart

For them, running a red light is an injudicious act of defiance, like backcountry snowboarding in the shadow of an unstable cornice. That feeling ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»

Library a treasure in terra cotta

The terra cotta pilasters sit on a floral influenced water table and terminate at modified Corinthian capitals just below the cornice. The main ... «Newfillmore, Jul 15»

Preservation Palpitations

... Nouveau designs as if squeezed out of a pastry tube, and applied a copper cornice to accent the terra cotta crown even more dramatically. «City Journal, Jul 15»

City villa that inspired St Trinian's up for sale

The B-listed property boasts beautiful cornice work, an original fireplace and bay window, and stunning views of Arthur's Seat. It was an unlikely ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Jul 15»

This week's I Spy spot is still a bit of a mystery

The Queen Anne style building itself, though, is beautiful with an elaborate fifth floor cornice that contains an urn and limestone flower motif. «Cincinnati Business Courier, Jul 15»

Rebuilding Hamilton, one architecture tweet at a time

But lesser known is the building between them: The Federal Life Assurance Co., the story and missing cornice of which Allen recently featured ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»