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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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