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SPANDREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spandrel mean?
• SPANDREL (noun)
The noun SPANDREL has 1 sense:
1. an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
Familiarity information: SPANDREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
spandrel; spandril
Hypernyms ("spandrel" is a kind of...):
surface (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary)
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
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