CORBEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corbel mean? 

• CORBEL (noun)
  The noun CORBEL has 1 sense:

1. (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

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

• CORBEL (verb)
  The verb CORBEL has 1 sense:

1. furnish with a corbel

  Familiarity information: CORBEL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORBEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

corbel; truss

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)

• CORBEL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they corbel    ... he / she / it corbels   
Past simple: corbeled    / corbelled   
Past participle: corbeled    / corbelled   
-ing form: corbeling    / corbelling   

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))