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pediment

/ˈpɛd.ɪ.mənt/

pediment noun: a classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.

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Noun

pediment (plural pediments)

  1. A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.
    • Passing the Congregation Shearith Israel on Central Park West (a white whale of a building with a triangular pediment supported by four count ’em four massive Corinthian columns), Professor Solanka scurrying through the downpour remembered the newly bat-mitzvahed thirteen-year-old girl he’d...2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5
  2. A very gently sloping (0.5°-7°) inclined bedrock surface.

pediment meaning in Tamil and Bengali

pediment in Tamil

முக்கோணத் தலைக்கட்டு

pediment in Bengali

ভবনের উপরের ত্রিভুজাকৃতি অলঙ্করণ

Forms of pediment

pluralpediments

Origin of pediment

From the earlier form peremint, perhaps a dialectal alteration of pyramid, under the influence of -ment.

Words formed from pediment

Words that rhyme with pediment

Questions about pediment

What does pediment mean?
Pediment means a classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.
What is pediment in Tamil?
Pediment in Tamil is முக்கோணத் தலைக்கட்டு. See Pediment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pediment?
Pediment is a noun.
How do you pronounce pediment?
Pediment is pronounced /ˈpɛd.ɪ.mənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of pediment?
The plural of pediment is pediments.

Words near pediment in the dictionary

  1. pediluvium
  2. pediluvy
  3. pedimane
  4. pedimanes
  5. pedimanous
  6. pediment
  7. pedimental
  8. pedimented
  9. pediments
  10. pedinellid
  11. pedinellids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pediment (page history and authors); pediment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pediment (Bengali 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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