cornice vs fringe

cornice

verb
  • To furnish or decorate with a cornice. 

noun
  • A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy. 

  • A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding. 

  • A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls. 

  • An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies. 

fringe

verb
  • To decorate with fringe. 

  • To serve as a fringe. 

noun
  • The area around the green 

  • A marginal or peripheral part. 

  • The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses. 

  • A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light. 

  • Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc. 

  • Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views. 

  • The periphery of a town or city (or other area). 

  • Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across. 

  • A daypart that precedes or follows prime time. 

  • A decorative border. 

  • Non-mainstream theatre. 

adj
  • Outside the mainstream. 

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