frieze
IPA: frˈiz
noun
- A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
- (architecture) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.
- Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.
- A banner with a series of pictures.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To make a nap on (cloth); to friz.
- (transitive, architecture) To put a frieze on.
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Examples of "frieze" in Sentences
- The frieze board runs below the eaves.
- The statue is in the middle of a frieze.
- The total length of the frieze is around.
- The subject of the frieze is the suovetaurilia.
- The frieze collapsed with the temple in ancient times.
- The frieze comes without the Doric triglyph and metope.
- The north frieze depicts the story of the Book of Mormon.
- These are of an excellent workmanship superior to that of the frieze.
- The cornice of the temple supported a brightly coloured stucco frieze.
- The portico is topped with a frieze depicting the construction of the temple.