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PEDIMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pediment mean?
• PEDIMENT (noun)
The noun PEDIMENT has 1 sense:
1. a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
Familiarity information: PEDIMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pediment" is a kind of...):
gable; gable end; gable wall (the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof)
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