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Pediment

Noun CEFR B2
ˈpɛd.ɪ.mənt

Definitions

  1. A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.
  2. A very gently sloping (0.5°-7°) inclined bedrock surface.

Equivalents

15 more languages
العربيةالقوس
Българскифронтон
Catalàfrontó
Ελληνικάαέτωμα
Suomifrontonipäätykolmio
Íslenskabjórgaflbríkgaflhlað
Italianofrontone
Latinafastīgium
Nederlandsfronton
Polskifrontonnaczółekprzyczółek
Portuguêsfrontão
Русскийфронтон
Svenskafronton
ไทยจั่วหน้าจั่ว
Türkçealınlık

Examples

“Passing the Congregation Shearith Israel on Central Park⟳ West (a white whale of a building with a triangular pediment supported by four count⟳ ’em four massive Corinthian columns), Professor Solanka scurrying through the downpour remembered the newly bat-mitzvahed thirteen-year-old girl he’d glimpsed through the side door, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Pedimented Pediments pedinellid pedinid pedinophycean pedinophyceans

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