sconcheon

[ skon-chuh n ]

/ ˈskɒn tʃən /

noun Architecture.

the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall.

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

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Also scuncheon, esconson.

Origin of sconcheon

1325–75; Middle English sconchon, sconcheon < Old French escoinson corner, cut angle, derivative of coin, cuigne angle; see coin

Words nearby sconcheon

scolopendrium, scombrid, scombroid, scombroid poisoning, sconce, sconcheon, sconcheon arch, scone, scooby doo, scoop, scoop neck