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architecture terminology

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show A rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck.  
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show A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery.  
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show A board, often ornately carved, attached along the projecting edge of a pitched roof in front of a gable.  
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buttress   show
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show A series of columns placed at regular intervals.  
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show bracket of stone, wood, brick, or other building material, projecting from the face of a wall and generally used to support a cornice or arch.  
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show A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall.  
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show The ridge on a roof.  
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cupola   show
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show A window set vertically into a small gable projecting from a sloping roof.  
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show A vaulted roof having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.  
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edifice   show
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show The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof.  
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show The face of a building.  
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show A horizontal piece (such as a board) covering the joint between the top of a wall and the projecting eaves.  
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frieze   show
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show A formal ornament at the top of a canopy, gable, pinnacle, etc., usually in the general shape of a fleur-de-lis.  
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gable   show
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garret   show
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lattice   show
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show A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening, most often a door.  
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show This roof is flat on top, sloping steeply down on all four sides, thus appearing to sheath the entire top story of a house or other building.  
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mullion   show
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show A low wall placed to protect any spot where there's a sudden drop, such as at the edge of a bridge or housetop.  
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pilaster   show
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portico   show
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quoin   show
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spire   show
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steeple   show
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show A very small, slender tower. In modern homes, usually only ornamental.  
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show A porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. Also called gallery.  
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entablature   show
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