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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) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnish with a corbel

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))

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