Definitions for triptych

triptych trip·tych

Spelling: [trip-tik]
IPA: /ˈtrɪp tɪk/

Triptych is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in triptych (chiprtty).

Definitions for triptych

noun

  1. Fine Arts. a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
  2. a hinged, three-leaved tablet, written on, in ancient times, with a stylus.

Origin of triptych

1725-35; Greek tríptychos of three plates, equivalent to tri- tri- + ptych- (stem of ptýx) plate + -os adj. suffix

Examples for triptych

There is also a triptych by Memlinc in the Municipal Gallery.

Everything is in motion, and the triptych panels often construct a narrative, like the frames of a film do.

The central portion of this triptych was bought in 1874 for £525.

The triptych was finished in 1472; it has unhappily disappeared.

And the evangelicals have been especially irked by the recent sale of a Francis Bacon triptych for an astounding $142 million.

It must be painted on a wooden case—I will show you the size—in the form of a triptych.

Designers and mural decorators have been using the triptych ever since that period.

The triptych which forms the reredos was carved at Ober Ammergau.

A triptych of photos of Carolyn had always been on display on the mantelpiece.

In the centre of the triptych is Mary enthroned, crowned by two angels.

Word Value for triptych
Scrable

18

Words with friends

18

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