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corniches

corniches is the plural of corniche.

Meaning of corniche

Noun

corniche (plural corniches)

  1. A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
    • For local color, Fridays on Jiddah's corniche along the Red Sea is hard to beat.1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 434

Questions about corniches

What is corniches the plural of?
Corniches is the plural of corniche.

Words near corniches in the dictionary

  1. corniceline
  2. cornicelines
  3. cornices
  4. cornicework
  5. corniche
  6. corniches
  7. cornichon
  8. cornichons
  9. cornicing
  10. cornicings
  11. cornick

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