Frieze is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for FRIEZE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to put a decorative band on the top edge of a wall
• To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. See Friz, v. t., 2.
• give a nap to (cloth)
NOUN:
• a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling
• a horizontal paper strip mounted on a wall to give an effect similar to that of a sculpted or painted frieze
• the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice.
• heavy, coarse woollen cloth with a nap, usually on one side only.
• ornamental band on a wall
• That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.
• Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column.
• A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
• an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
• a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a coarse woolen fabric

Words related to FRIEZE

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Words that contain FRIEZE

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How to use FRIEZE in a sentence

• As one passes down the long college corridors, the eyes fall upon palm and statue, upon frieze and fresco, and the carbon copies of immortal paintings.
• Quite a feature of this room is the wonderful deceptive painting by this master over each door, and on a continuous frieze.
• On his death, Metagenes, of Xypete, added the frieze and the upper row of columns, and Xenocles, of Cholargos, crowned it with the domed roof over the shrine.
• High up around the cupola runs a frieze of angels, singing together and dancing with joined hands, while bells composed of fruits and flowers hang down between them.
• A frieze, running along the top, on each side, shows, although broken and much defaced by the weather, the life and action which once marked the struggling figures.
• He wears knee-breeches, a frieze coat rather long, a linen shirt with a little linen collar and a black string for bow.
• The frieze also, which is made of the same material, presents a similar but somewhat more compact floral pattern as its chief motive.
• The sculptor, rapidly and without effort, worked out with his pen on a sheet of papyrus the detail of a frieze.
• The match between cloth of gold and cloth of frieze could hardly have borne any good issue in this instance.
• They wore homespun flannel and frieze, and their only luxury, whisky, was obtainable at a quarter of its present price.
• Opposite to him stood the gentle Quakeress, in her plain garment of grey Yorkshire frieze with its spotless deep collar and close-fitting cap of snowy lawn.
• Above, in a broad strip, a frieze of angels blowing trumpets stand on the celestial sea on either hand of the Enthroned Majesty.
• To this end you study frieze and statuary and frequent lectures.
• He called it the island of Frieze, for all the ways were of frieze.
• Round the top of the chamber runs a monstrous frieze, ten or twelve feet deep, representing stag-hunting in miserable plastered relief.
• Many of them were clothed in garments of sheepskin, others of a better condition wore a plaid or mantle of frieze.
• Where its ancient exuberance passed the bounds of wisdom and even of virtue, its caperings seem frozen into the stillness of an antique frieze.
• He still wore a heavy frieze travelling coat, the fronts of it hanging open.
• Behind him were some half-dozen jailers, attired in garments of dark-brown frieze, and each having a large bunch of keys at his girdle.
• Safe, she crouched down behind the window curtain with her eyes fixed unseeingly on the distorted figures of the Java frieze.
• In front of me a frieze of frightened faces screened me from observation.
• The dining-room is panelled the full height up to a richly-modelled frieze in plaster, all to design, and the ceiling of this apartment is also panelled.

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