foliated
shaped like a leaf or leaves: foliated ornaments.
Also foliate. Petrology, Mineralogy. consisting of thin and separable laminae.
Architecture. foliate (def. 3).
Origin of foliated
1Other words from foliated
- un·fo·li·at·ed, adjective
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How to use foliated in a sentence
Some very fine foliated brackets can be seen in the arch between this chapel and the choir aisle.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyAt the triforium base foliated brackets support vaulting shafts of three clustered columns.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyThe division between each stall shows either a well-executed foliated ornament, or an angel.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyThe shafts are detached from the wall; the central one is higher than the rest, and its capital is foliated.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyThe stones are found in pretty large angular pieces, appear foliated when broken, and the fragments are of a rhomboidal figure.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
British Dictionary definitions for foliated
/ (ˈfəʊlɪˌeɪtɪd) /
architect ornamented with or made up of foliage or foils
(of rocks and minerals, esp schists) composed of thin easily separable layers
(esp of parts of animals or plants) resembling a leaf
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