architrave

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Recent Examples of architrave Upping the sheen for the trims (skirting boards and window and door architraves) adds a subtle variation and frames the room. Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025 The researchers also studied a group of architrave blocks, which would have been positioned just above the columns of a building. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025 The current owners have lovingly maintained and restored the home over the past 10 years, preserving many of its original elements, including intricate wall paneling, grand fireplaces, box cornices, and detailed architraves. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2025 Drench a Room in Color Paint the whole room lavender, walls, doors, architraves, fireplaces, and all; the effect is brilliantly bold and ultra-contemporary, as evidenced by Sawyers’ Dupont Circle project. Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023 The entire government believes that school is a fundamental architrave of our society. Irene Dominioni, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 The 59-foot-high structure, topped with an architrave, is made from marble from Mount Pentelicus, also used for the Parthenon. History Magazine, 3 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for architrave
Noun
  • The exterior is divided into three horizontal sections: one from stone, then brick, and finally a terra-cotta frieze.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
  • Bennett enlisted the teen-age McNally to scrape old paint off a plaster frieze in his sitting room; when McNally returned a year later, he was astonished to see the walls’ transformation.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Then, nearing the top, the group encountered a large cornice.
    Zoe Gates, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The lobby occupies a long, narrow hallway with arches, vaulted ceilings, checkerboard floors, and cornices.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues.
    Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Typically, colonnades form at the top and bottom of the flow (starting from the cooling surface) with a middle area of entablature (see above).
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015
Noun
  • The front door, defined by wide pilasters and sidelights topped by a crosshead with transom windows beckons visitors to step into an impressive and welcoming entry hall.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
  • What to look for: Large porch and classical corner pilasters.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps most importantly, the Yankees wouldn't have to give up much prospect capital to add him.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
  • To account for the value of oceans in decision making, researchers are pushing for countries to adopt what has become known as natural capital accounting.
    Justin Worland, Time, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Newsletter subscribers will get my column before anyone else does and their questions will be prioritized for future editions.
    Sigal Samuel, Vox, 2 June 2025
  • Broken flower stems and shorn columns symbolize early death.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The tools—mostly spear shafts and projectile points used for hunting reindeer and bison—were thought to have been crafted from whale bones, based on their porous appearance.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
  • The team is standing at the bottom of an elevator shaft.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025

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“Architrave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/architrave. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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