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Spere

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spere"

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Word	Definition
trussnoun	(architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
screens passagenoun	The passage at one end of the great hall of an English medieval house or castle, and separated from it in a timber house by the spere.
screennoun	A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
great hallnoun	(history, architecture) The main room of a palace, castle or large manor house in the Middle Ages, or in a country house of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
spandrelnoun	(architecture) The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them.
spurnoun	(figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
spirenoun	(architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
spear closetnoun	(architecture, slang) A small irregular space left by the building of other rooms in a structure.
hallnoun	A large meeting room.
slypenoun	(architecture) A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house.
curtainnoun	A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
estrenoun	(archaic or obsolete) The indoor layout or plan of a castle.
travisnoun	A male given name transferred from the surname.
gatehousenoun	A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
passagewaynoun	Any way for passing in, out or through something.
skeletonnoun	(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
proscenium archnoun	(in a theatre) The arch that frames a stage, and separates it from the auditorium.
parclosenoun	A partition that closes off part of a building; especially one that separates an altar or chapel from the rest of a church.
spannoun	The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
pendnoun	(Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.