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imbrex

imbrex noun: a roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with the tegula.

imbrex: a roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with...
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Noun

imbrex (plural imbrices)

  1. A roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with the tegula.

Forms of imbrex

pluralimbrices

Origin of imbrex

Learned borrowing from Latin imbrex.

Questions about imbrex

What does imbrex mean?
Imbrex means a roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with the tegula.
What part of speech is imbrex?
Imbrex is a noun.
What is the plural of imbrex?
The plural of imbrex is imbrices.

Words near imbrex in the dictionary

  1. imbreeding
  2. imbrew
  3. imbrewed
  4. imbrewing
  5. imbrews
  6. imbrex
  7. Imbrian
  8. imbricate
  9. imbricated
  10. imbricately
  11. imbricates

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