COMPOSITE ORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Composite order mean? 

• COMPOSITE ORDER (noun)
  The noun COMPOSITE ORDER has 1 sense:

1. a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order

  Familiarity information: COMPOSITE ORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPOSITE ORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order

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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("Composite order" is a kind of...):

order ((architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans)