Definitions for entablature

entablature en·tab·la·ture

Spelling: [en-tab-luh-cher, -choo r]
IPA: /ɛnˈtæb lə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər/

Entablature is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 688 anagrams from letters in entablature (aabeelnrttu).

Definitions for entablature

noun

  1. the entire construction of a classical temple or the like between the columns and the eaves, usually composed of an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice.

Origin of entablature

1605-15; Middle French Italian intavolatura; see in-2, table, -ate1,

Examples for entablature

This renders the projection and outline of the entablature certain.

Such inscriptions were ordinarily placed on the entablature of the portico.

Only the entablature is visible, richly carved with garlands.

The great variety of form in the column and capital is not shared by the entablature.

It is especially interesting as illustrating the formation of the entablature.

The entablature (Fig. 70) is, generally speaking, richer than that of the Doric order.

The pedestal and base are equal in vertical dimensions to the entablature and capital.

The capitals and bases of the columns, and on the entablature, are of Parian marble.

The entablature is a positive triumph in cornice, frieze and architrave.

It cannot be said that there was any entablature, in the proper sense of the word.

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