Buildings and Dwellings Flashcards

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structure in which to live

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dwelling, home, house, habitation, abode, residence, domicile, homestead, living quarters, lodgings, shelter, dwelling house, billet, accommodations

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relatively large structure

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edifice, building, construction, erection, construct, fabric

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structure in which people work

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office building, commercial building, workplace, shop, factory, store, plant, place of business

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structure with individual living units

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apartment hose, tenement, residential building, high-rise, cooperative apartment house, co-op building, co-op, condominium, multiple-unit dwelling

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structure where lodging and usually meals are provided

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boardinghouse, guest house, pension, rooming house

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overnight lodging place

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hotel, motel, inn, hostelry, caravansary, lodge, bed-and-breakfast

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cheap lodging place

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hostel, flophouse, dosshouse, fleabag, cold-water flat

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large private dwelling (usually on spacious property)

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mansion, estate, chateau, country house, palace, manor, manor house, family house, ancestral home, homestead, hacienda

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impressive public or private dwelling

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palace, palazzo

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farmhouse

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grange

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additional or minor building

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outbuilding, outhouse

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large or impressive building or buildings

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pile

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tall building

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skyscraper

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pyramidal towerlike structure with winding terraces (originally a Sumerian temple)

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ziggurat

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luxurious country estate or retreat

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villa (Russia: dacha)

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group of interrelated buildings

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complex, installation, facility, base

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home of prebuilt sections or units

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prefab, modular home, modular

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tunnel-shaped prefabricated shelter of corrugated metal (and concrete floor)

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Nissen hut, Quonset hut

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small rural or resort-area house

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cottage, cabin

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simple one-story house built of lgos

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log cabin

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house whose rooms lie in a line front to back

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shotgun house

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poor or shabby dwelling

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hut, shack, hovel, shanty, shed, hutch, cottage, cabin

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cabin with an open breezeway

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dogtrot house

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primitive (Eskimo) domelike dwelling usually makde of blocks of snow

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igloo

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primitive circulr (Mongul) tentlike hut of hides with a conical top

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yurt

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primitive (Native American) conical animal skin tent

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tepee

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primitive (Native American) matted oval or rounded hut of bark or hides

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wigwam

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primitive (Native American) tepeelike hut of brushwood or mats

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wickiup

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primitive (Native American) mud-covered log building of various shapes

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hogan

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communal terraced adobe (Native American) dwelling

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pueblo

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primitive (Native American) bark-and-wood communal dwelling of great length

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longhouse

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house with widely overhanging roof as well as decoratively carved supports and balconies

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chalet

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house having a timber framework

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frame house

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small cottage or house of one story

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bungalow

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34
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house whose rooms are at different one-, two-, or half story levels

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split-level

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35
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luxurious one-family city house of several stories (and often of brick) and usually one of several in a row

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town house

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house (with two entrances) designed vertically or horizontally for two families but having a common side wall

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two family house, duplex house, semidetached

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37
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small house connected to an apartment building

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maisonette

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38
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house similar to others in development

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tract house

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house that is one of a continuous line of houses all of the same general appearance

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row house

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one-story house with a low-pitched roof

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ranch house, ranch, rambler

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house high up on a hill or mountain

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aerie, eyrie

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42
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apartment suite with connecting rooms on two floors

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duplex apartment, maisonette

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apartment with rooms in more or less a straight line

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railroad flat, railroad apartment

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44
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roof-level or special (and usually luxurious) upper-level apartment

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penthouse

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45
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ground-floor apartment having its own backyard or private garden area

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garden apartment

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46
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apartment with one main room (often with a high ceiling) but with kitchen and bathroom facilities

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studio apartment, studio

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47
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small apartment (often furnished) with a bathroom and kitchenette

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efficiency apartment, efficiency

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48
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building’s upper story converted for use as an artist’s studio or apartment

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loft, atelier

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building’s upper or visible part

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superstructure

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building’s lower or unseen part

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understructure

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51
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main story of a house

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bel etage

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52
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ground floor

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rez-de-chaussee

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53
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intermediary and often balcony-like story

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mezzanine, entresol

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54
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platform outside or around a house

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deck

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55
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glass or multi-windowed porch or room for enjoying maximum sunlight

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sun porch, solarium, sun parlor, sun room

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glass structure for growing many plants

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greenhouse, conservatory

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covered or arched and usually columned walkway open on at least one side

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galley, arcade, loggia, cloister

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small or blind (decorative rather than structural) arcade

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arcature

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columns in a row and usually supporting a roof or wall

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colonnade

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colonnade encircling an open space or buliding

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peristyle

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roofed outdoor passageway between buildings

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breezeway, (of a cabin) dogtrot

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long walkway within a structure or between buildings

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passageway

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level open grassy or paved area for walking

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esplanade

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interior open area

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courtyard, court, cloister

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platform-like and usually paved open recreational area alonside a house

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terrace, patio

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depressed open area at cellar or basement level

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areaway

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67
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level space that encompasses a building site

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parterre

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68
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ornamental garden with paths

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parterre

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garden decoratively interspersed with rocks

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rock garden, rockery

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walkway or arbor with vine-covered posts and trelliswork

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pergola

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small roofed open structure in a garden or with a pleasant view

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belvedere, gazebo, summer house, pavilion

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roofed entranced structure

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porch, portico

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roofed and railinged platform fronting or around part of a house

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porch, veranda

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74
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small porch or entrance stairway

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stoop

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screen-walled or roofed driveway (along a house entrance or to an interior courtyard) for vehicles

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porte cohere, carriage porch

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front wall

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facade, face

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77
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protective or ornamental covering on the front of a building

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facing

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projecting brace supporting a building externally

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buttress

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79
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low protective wall along a roof or platform

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parapet

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80
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defensive or decorative notched parapet topping a wall

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battlement

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81
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building’s external angle or corner, or the stone forming it

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quoin, cornerstone

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triangular part of a roofs end or building’s projection (sometimes with a window)

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gable

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above-the-roof gable with “steps” or setbacks

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crowstep gable, corbiestep

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small sloping-roof or attic gable often with a window (all in all like a miniature house)

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dormer

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85
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low or small dormer over which the roofing curves

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eyebrow

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horizontal frame-like (and often decorative) projection all along the top of a wall

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cornice

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projecting block (one of many) beneath a cornice

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dentil

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part (lower) of roof overhanging the wall

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eave

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rounded vertical support

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pillar, column

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square or rectangular vertical support

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pier

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rectangular vertical support not freestanding but projecting from part of a wall

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pilaster

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scroll-like or spiral ornamental feature

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volute

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wall’s clamp-like support (beneath a roof or overhang)

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bracket, corbel

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ornament scroll-like projection beneath a cornice

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modillion

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projecting curved or foliage-like ornament high up on a building

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crocket

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rounded (part of a sphere) rooftop structure

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dome, cupola

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rooftop structure for observation or decoration

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cupola, lantern, belfry, belvedere

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opening at the top of a dome

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oculus

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Russian-style (ogival) bulbous dome that comes to a point

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onion dome, imperial dome, imperial roof

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pointed tower-like construction rising from a roof

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spire, fleche, steeple

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small spire like ornament topping a feature of a building

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pinnacle, finial

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octagonal spire

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broach spire

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horizontal part of a classical building above the columns and below the eaves

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entablature

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sculptured or in-relief band along the top of a classical building

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freeze

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sculptural relief whose projection is slight

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bas relief

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triangular gable-like fronting of a classical roof (or an ornament version of this)

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pediment

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crown-like upper end of a column, pier, or pilaster

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capital

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supporting block at the base of a column, pier, or pilaster

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plinth

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wedge-shaped piece in an arch or vault

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voussoir

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ornamental part of a wall adjoining an arch or below an upper level window

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spandrel

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carved or otherwise shaped or designed ornamentation

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fretwork

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any construction or feature with openings in its design openwork decorative grating-like features or ornamentation

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grille, grill, grillwork

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decorative work with coiled forms

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scrollwork

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building features or iron

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ironwork

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roof peaking at a high angle

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steep-pitched roof

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roof peaking at a low angle

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low-pitched roof

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conventional ridged roof with the same angle of slope on either side

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gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof

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horizontal or level roof

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flat roof

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roof with a third face sloping down before where the two main slopes meet

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hip roof, hipped roof

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roof that slopes downward

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shed roof, pent roof, lean-to roof

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roof having not one but two slopes (or angles of slope) on either side of its ridge

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curb roof

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roof only part of which is hipped (so that part of the main gable is “blunted” or truncated)

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jerkinhead roof, hipped-gable roof

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curb roof with the lower of its two slopes the steeper one

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gambrel roof, hipped-gable roof

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roof with four faces or slopes that rise to a point

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pyramidal roof

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roof with a single downward or upward slope

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lean-to roof, shed roof, penthouse roof, half-gabled roof

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roof that is a double-gable or ridged roof (with the lowest part or “valley” in the centre)

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M roof

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roof with broad parallel indentations across its top

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saw-tooth roof

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roof tiled in the southwestern U.S. style

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Spanish-tiled roof, mission-tiled roof

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conventional wooden-frame (stile-and-rail) door with panels

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panel door

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conventional door without panels or moldings

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flush door

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door with some glass in it

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sash door

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slatted doors

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louvered doors

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slatted door on tracks that folds up or out horizontally

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accordion door

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door composed ofglass panesd

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French door

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door of glass that opens or closes along horizontal tracks

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sliding glass door

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door with two sides that open or close

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double door

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door hinged to swing in or out

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double-swing door

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crude cellar or shed door

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batten door

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paneling or other border-like features around a door

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surround

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window that does not open

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fixed window

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standard window with raisable upper and lower sashes

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double-hung window

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window with a sash that moves right or left

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sliding window

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window that opens or hinges

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casement window

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window with adjustable horizontal slat-like glass panes

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jalousie

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large fixed window dominating a room

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picture window

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window or windows projecting or curving outward from a wall

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bay window, bow window

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window above a door

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transom

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bay window supported by a bracket (corbel)

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oriel

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fixed window like a fan (or half a lemon slice) with radiating muntins (sash bars)

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fan window, transom window

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fixed fan-like window with muntins in the form of concentric semicircles

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circle-head window

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window with a sash sliding left or right

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sliding window

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window that (hinged at the top) opens out (sometimes with a crank mechanism)

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awning window

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window that (hinged at the top) opens in or is like an upside-down awning window

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hopper window

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widow that (hinged at the top) opens in

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basement transom window

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window with a sash anchored at the centre of the frame that swings around perpendicularly

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centre pivot window, pivot window

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window in a ceiling or roof

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skylight

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window with small panes separated by lead

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leaded window

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window like an archway with a lower side-window on either side (the whole looking like the frontal outline of a domed building)

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Palladian window, Diocletian window, Venetian window

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tall and narrow pointed-arch window

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lancet window

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wall opening with (usually wooden) adjustable slats for ventilation

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louver

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small round opening or window

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bull’s-eye, oeil-de-boeuf, oxeye

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vertical dividing member in the middle of a window (particularly of a large Gothic window)

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mullion

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arranged or proportioned equivalently from the center

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symmetical

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not symmetrical

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asymmetrical, irregular

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having a middle or central emphasis

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centralized

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configured like rays or spokes from a centre

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radial

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standing alone or unsupported

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freestanding

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irregular in layout or spread

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rambling

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thrust forward

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projecting

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set back

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recessed

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being of the usual or typical style

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vernacular

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serving a single purpose without elaboration

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functional

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stately and sober in effect

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formal

174
Q

showing or using different elements of styles

A

eclectic

175
Q

imposingly massive or grandiose

A

monumental

176
Q

suggestive of Ancient Greece or Rome

A

classical, neoclassical

177
Q

in three parts or divisions

A

tripartite

178
Q

in four parts or divisions

A

quadripartite

179
Q

in six parts or divisions

A

sexpartite

180
Q

impressively bulky or dense in construction

A

massive

181
Q

lengthened or notably long

A

elongated

182
Q

curved or opening outward

A

flared

183
Q

arched and round

A

domed

184
Q

stressing line or elongated contour

A

streamlined, sleek

185
Q

relatively low or close to the ground

A

low slung

186
Q

having different horizontal levels

A

terraced

187
Q

seemingly shortened or cut off (at the top or an end)

A

truncated, stunted

188
Q

relatively small and square

A

box-like, boxy

189
Q

extending around a corner or corners

A

wraparound

190
Q

showing decorative features

A

ornamental, embellished

191
Q

bearing shapes or decoration representing leaves

A

foliated

192
Q

checkered or mosaic-like

A

tesselated

193
Q

having a net-like pattern

A

reticulated

194
Q

having sunken (usually) square or octagonal panels (lacunars or lacunaria) in the ceiling

A

coffered

195
Q

showing segments (as of a circle) as constructional pieces

A

segmented

196
Q

having columns

A

columniated

197
Q

having columnar grooves

A

fluted

198
Q

without columns

A

astylar

199
Q

having a colonnade on all sides

A

peripteral, peristylar

200
Q

having or painted in several colours

A

polychrome, multicolour

201
Q

having stone masonry whose edges or joints are accentuated (by beveling or rebating the blocks)

A

rusticated

202
Q

having a wall surface of wooden beams with masonry between them

A

half-timbered

203
Q

sloping backward vertically or upward (as a wall)

A

battered

204
Q

built or supported with horizontal beams

A

trabeated

205
Q

projecting horizontally beyond its stabilizing or anchoring support

A

cantilevered

206
Q

left visible although a supporting feature

A

exposed

207
Q

having vertical boards or strips as walls or siding

A

board-and-batten

208
Q

arched or hollowed (as a ceiling)

A

vaulted

209
Q

having a vaulted ceiling like a tunnel or half-cylinder

A

barrel-vaulted

210
Q

having a ceiling of intersecting vaults

A

groin-vaulted

211
Q

in disrepair or crumbling

A

dilapidated, ramshackle, rickety, tumbledown

212
Q

earth and grass

A

sod, turf

213
Q

poles with interwoven branches, reeds, twigs, or the like used in primitive

A

wattle

214
Q

straw, rushes, or the like used for roofing

A

thatch

215
Q

length of unshaped timber

A

log

216
Q

bonding mixture (lime or cement or both with sand and water) used between stones or bricks

A

mortar

217
Q

clay bricks, tiles, stones, or concrete or glass blocks usually bonded with mortar or cement

A

masonry

218
Q

pulverized clay and limestone mixture

A

cement, Portland cement

219
Q

stone-like mixture of Portland cement with water and an aggregate (pebbles, shale, gravel, etc.)

A

concrete

220
Q

block of concrete

A

concrete block

221
Q

concrete strengthened with embedded metal (usually steel) strands or mesh

A

reinforced concrete

222
Q

translucent block used chiefly in walls

A

glass block

223
Q

red brick

A

redbrick

224
Q

glazed or baked brick

A

fired brick

225
Q

brick of sun-dried clay and straw

A

adobe, unfired brick

226
Q

raw or unfinished pieces of stone

A

fieldstone

227
Q

hewn or squared masonry stone

A

ashlar

228
Q

broken stone

A

riprap, rubble, revertment

229
Q

stone made (dressed) smooth

A

cut sonte

230
Q

burnt or baked thin or curved slab or various building materials used mostly for roofs

A

tile, tiling

231
Q

mixture of gypsum or limestone with sand and water and sometimes hair used primarily for walls and ceilings

A

plaster

232
Q

boards of fiberboard, felt, of the like used in place of plaster

A

plasterboard, Sheetrock, drywall, gypsum board

233
Q

covering or overlay of one material over another in a wall

A

cladding

234
Q

weatherproof boards, sheets, or shingles used for the exposed facing of a frame building

A

siding

235
Q

exterior plaster finish (usually of Portland cement and sand)

A

stucco

236
Q

wall exterior of mortar and pressed-in pebbles

A

pebble-dash, rock-dash, roughcast

237
Q

long and thin horizontal board (with one edge thinner) used overlapping with others for siding

A

clapboard, weatherboard

238
Q

sawed thin oblong of wood, slate or other building material used overlappingly as roofing or siding

A

shingle

239
Q

split-log shingle (commonly of cedar)

A

shake

240
Q

polished mosaic or chip-like flooring usually of marble and stone

A

terrazo