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Pilaster

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piernounA raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
antanoun(architecture) A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.
pilastrenounObsolete form of pilaster. [(decorative architecture) A rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.]
pilastradenoun(architecture) A row of pilasters.
lisenanoun(architecture) A pilaster with very slight projections.
postamentnounpedestal, particularly of a pillar or pilaster
interpilasternoun(architecture) The interval or space between two pilasters
plinthnounA block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
prostylenounA building having pillars only along the front side
pteronnoun(architecture) A peristyle raised on a podium, differing from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate.
emplastronnoun(medicine, archaic) A plaster.
peripterynoun(architecture) A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns.
emplasternoun(obsolete, medicine) A plaster.
plynthnounArchaic spelling of plinth. [A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.]
pergolonounDated form of pergola (“passageway of columns”). [A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.]
piedstallnounObsolete form of pedestal. [(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.]
peristasisnoun(countable, architecture) A four-sided porch or hall of columns surrounding the cella in an Ancient Greek peripteros temple.
propylonnoun(architecture, historical) Alternative spelling of propylaeum. [(historical, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome) A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple.]
peristylenounA colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.
lysisnoun(biochemistry) The breakdown of molecules into constituent molecules.

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