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VOUSSOIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does voussoir mean?
• VOUSSOIR (noun)
The noun VOUSSOIR has 1 sense:
1. wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
Familiarity information: VOUSSOIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("voussoir" is a kind of...):
building block (a block of material used in construction work)
Holonyms ("voussoir" is a part of...):
arch ((architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it)
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