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CLEARSTORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clearstory mean? 

CLEARSTORY (noun)
  The noun CLEARSTORY has 1 sense:

1. part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting lightplay

  Familiarity information: CLEARSTORY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLEARSTORY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clearstory; clerestory

Hypernyms ("clearstory" is a kind of...):

window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)


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