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noun
A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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Synonyms: frieze
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: case
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A dashboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Synonyms: dashboard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
A broad well-defined band of color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A sash worn with a cassock by clergy of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ecclesiastical, fashion, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: sash
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing muscles and organs; an aponeurosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dashboard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel
noun
a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: facia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: connective tissue
Narrower terms: aponeurosis
History
Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhask- (“bundle, band”). Cognate with fajita, fess, and fascism.
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