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IMBRICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does imbrication mean?
• IMBRICATION (noun)
The noun IMBRICATION has 1 sense:
1. covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
Familiarity information: IMBRICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
imbrication; lapping; overlapping
Hypernyms ("imbrication" is a kind of...):
covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
Derivation:
imbricate (overlap)
imbricate (place so as to overlap)
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