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MODILLION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does modillion mean? 

MODILLION (noun)
  The noun MODILLION has 1 sense:

1. (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a corniceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MODILLION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("modillion" 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)


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