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CORBEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
Synonyms:
corbel; truss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("corbel" is a kind of...):
bracket; wall bracket (a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf))
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Derivation:
corbel (furnish with a corbel)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they corbel
... he / she / it corbels
Past simple: corbeled
/corbelled
Past participle: corbeled
/corbelled
-ing form: corbeling
/corbelling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "corbel" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
corbel ((architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent))