entablature
Americannoun
noun
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the part of a classical temple above the columns, having an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice
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any construction of similar form
Etymology
Origin of entablature
1605–15; < Middle French < Italian intavolatura; see in- 2, table, -ate 1, -ure
Vocabulary lists containing entablature
Ancient Greece - Middle School and High School
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Example Sentences
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Running across the top is an elaborate entablature.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
There is an entablature of shingles resting on the board and batten siding, forming the interior walls.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021
Bas reliefs on the entablature feature important thinkers such as Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2021
The columns, entablature, casing and arches echo the Theater of Marcellus in Rome.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2017
He learns the endless terms, the vocabulary that classifies the details of ancient buildings, writing them on separate index cards and making illustrations on the back: architrave, entablature, tympanum, voussoir.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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