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epistyle

epistyle noun: a massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; an architrave.

Noun

epistyle (plural epistyles)

  1. (historical) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; an architrave.

epistyle meaning in Tamil

epistyle in Tamil

தூண் முகட்டின் மேலுறுப்பு வகை

Forms of epistyle

pluralepistyles

Origin of epistyle

Latin epistylium, Ancient Greek: compare French épistyle.

Questions about epistyle

What does epistyle mean?
Epistyle means a massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; an architrave.
What is epistyle in Tamil?
Epistyle in Tamil is தூண் முகட்டின் மேலுறுப்பு வகை. See Epistyle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epistyle?
Epistyle is a noun.
What is the plural of epistyle?
The plural of epistyle is epistyles.

Words near epistyle in the dictionary

  1. epistropheus
  2. epistrophic
  3. epistrophies
  4. epistrophy
  5. epistylar
  6. epistyle
  7. epistyles
  8. epistêmê
  9. epistêmês
  10. episubstratal
  11. episulfide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epistyle (page history and authors); epistyle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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