The window will look less ugly once it's surrounded by the architrave.
Source: tatoeba (13361030)
Architrave
//ˈɑɹ.kɪ.tɹeɪv//
Synonyms for "architrave" (2 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 25 languages.
Basque
1 entries- arkitrabe noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Belarusian
1 entries- архітра́ў noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Bulgarian
1 entries- архитра́в noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Campidanese Sardinian
3 entries- cambràna noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
- croimèntu noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
- frontale noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Catalan
1 entries- arquitrau noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Czech
1 entries- architráv noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Danish
2 entries- arkitrav noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
- gerigt noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Dutch
1 entries- architraaf noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Esperanto
1 entries- arkitravo noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Finnish
1 entries- arkkitraavi noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
French
1 entries- architrave noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
German
1 entries- Architrav noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Greek
1 entries- επιστύλιο noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Italian
1 entries- architrave noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Latin
1 entries- epistȳlium noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Macedonian
1 entries- а́рхитрав noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Polish
1 entries- architraw noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Portuguese
1 entries- arquitrave noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Russian
1 entries- архитра́в noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Sardinian
1 entries- frontale noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Sassarese
1 entries- liminaggiu noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- arhitrav noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Spanish
1 entries- arquitrabe noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Swedish
1 entries- arkitrav noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Ukrainian
1 entries- архітрав noun (the lowest part of an entablature)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Sand the architrave before painting it.
Source: tatoeba (13361031)
Flutings also adorn the short architraves each side of the fanlight, and the abacus of the pilaster columns which is carried across a supplementary lintel in front of the lintel proper, the latter being several inches to the rear because of the deeply recessed arrangement of the door.
Source: wiktionary
I know that one hinge of this door has parted with the woodwork. Dry rot has turned the architrave to compacted dust.
Source: wiktionary
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