SPANDRIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spandril mean? 

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

1. an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANDRIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

spandrel; spandril

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

surface (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary)

Domain category:

architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)