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triglyphs

triglyphs is the plural of triglyph.

Meaning of triglyph

Noun

triglyph (plural triglyphs)

  1. A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
    • An interesting architectural point is raised by some stone carvings, with a vertical triple-grooved design. So often is this design found that Mr. Fyfe, when discussing its occurrence on a miniature fresco at Knossos, calls it the most distinctive architectural ornament of the age. There is every...1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 28

Questions about triglyphs

What is triglyphs the plural of?
Triglyphs is the plural of triglyph.

Words near triglyphs in the dictionary

  1. triglyph
  2. triglyphal
  3. triglyphed
  4. triglyphic
  5. triglyphical
  6. triglyphs
  7. trigness
  8. Trigo
  9. trigofoenoside
  10. trigold
  11. trigometric

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