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ancon

[ ang-kon ]

noun

, plural an·co·nes [ang-, koh, -neez].
  1. the elbow.
  2. Architecture. a bracket or console, as one supporting part of a cornice.


ancon

/ æŋˈkəʊnəl; æŋˈkəʊnɪəl; ˈæŋkɒn; ˈæŋkəʊn /

noun

  1. architect a projecting bracket or console supporting a cornice
  2. a former technical name for elbow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
  • ancon·oid adjective
  • suban·cone·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.

Let me record an episode that occasioned no little excitement among the passengers and crew of the Ancon.

When an Ancon ewe is impregnated by a common ram, the progeny resembles wholly either the ewe or the ram.

We rocked like a cradle—the Ancon rocks like a cradle on the slightest provocation.

This example is from an ancient work basket obtained at Ancon, Peru, and shown in Fig. 299.

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