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ancon
[ ang-kon ]
noun
, plural an·co·nes [ang-, koh, -neez].
- the elbow.
- Architecture. a bracket or console, as one supporting part of a cornice.
ancon
/ æŋˈkəʊnəl; æŋˈkəʊnɪəl; ˈæŋkɒn; ˈæŋkəʊn /
noun
- architect a projecting bracket or console supporting a cornice
- a former technical name for elbow
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Derived Forms
- anconal, adjective
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Other Words From
- an·co·nal [ang-, kohn, -l], an·co·ne·al [ang-, koh, -nee-, uh, l], adjective
- ancon·oid adjective
- suban·cone·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ancon1
1700–10; < Latin < Greek ankṓn elbow
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ancon1
C18: from Greek ankōn a bend
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Example Sentences
You see the Ancon combined business with pleasure, and distributed coal in quantities to suit throughout the Alaskan lagoon.
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Let me record an episode that occasioned no little excitement among the passengers and crew of the Ancon.
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When an Ancon ewe is impregnated by a common ram, the progeny resembles wholly either the ewe or the ram.
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We rocked like a cradle—the Ancon rocks like a cradle on the slightest provocation.
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This example is from an ancient work basket obtained at Ancon, Peru, and shown in Fig. 299.
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