Definitions for corniche

corniche cor·niche

Spelling: [kawr-nish, kawr-neesh]
IPA: /ˈkɔr nɪʃ, kɔrˈniʃ/

Corniche is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 233 anagrams from letters in corniche (ccehinor).

Definitions for corniche

noun

  1. a winding road cut into the side of a steep hill or along the face of a coastal cliff.

Origin of corniche

1830-40; French, by ellipsis from route de corniche, route en corniche (corniche rock ledge Italian; see cornice)

Examples for corniche

We took the corniche trip toward evening for the sake of the sunset.

They play poker with the corniche landscape, that people come from all over the world to see, right before their eyes.

We were led beyond Cannes to the corniche de l'Estrel by the absence of a tram line.

I came here; I searched the hotels; at your hotel the porter told me that your trunks had been carted to a villa on the corniche.

You can go by Switzerland or by the corniche route, as you please.

On leaving Castellamare the road forms a corniche winding along the bank.

It was one of the things tourists did when they were visiting the corniche for a day.

Perhaps you will read it at Monte, out on the corniche Road.

A solitary amazon swallowing the dust and the salt spray of the corniche promenade would attract too much attention.

The corniche de l'Estrel has been singled out by the moving-picture men for playing out-of-door scenarios.

Word Value for corniche
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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