Definitions for pediment

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pediment ped·i·ment

Spelling: [ped-uh-muh nt]

IPA: /ˈpɛd ə mənt/

Pediment is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 221 anagrams from letters in pediment (deeimnpt).

Definitions for pediment

noun

1. (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
2. any imitation of this, often fancifully treated, used to crown an opening, a monument, etc., or to form part of a decorative scheme.
3. Geology. a gently sloping rock surface at the foot of a steep slope, as of a mountain, usually thinly covered with alluvium.

Origin of pediment

1655-65; earlier pedament, pedement, alteration, by association with Latin pēs (stem ped-) foot, of earlier peremint, perhaps an unlearned alteration of Examples for pediment

The main cornice is larger, but the pediment is perfectly plain.

At the top of the pediment is a statue of St. Michael (16th century).

Could he but gain the pediment in this wise, the rest of the descent would not be difficult.

Above in the pediment are a Virgin and Child with kneeling angels.

Occasionally there were a cornice and pediment over the entrance.

At centre, under the gallery, the entrance-door, with twisted posts and pediment.

The shield in the centre of the pediment bears the arms of Dean Honywood.

The pediment of the Palais Biron is brilliant in the sunlight.

The style of the pediment is after that of the Athenian Acropolis.

Located within the pediment at both houses is an elliptical ventilator.