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1 frieze
[fri:z](a narrow strip around the walls of a room, building etc near the top, usually decorated with pictures, carving etc: The walls were decorated with a frieze of horses.) myndræma -
2 plaster
1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) a substance put on walls, ceilings etc which dries to form a hard smooth surface: He mixed up some plaster to repair the wall; a plaster ceiling.) múrhúð2) (( also adjective) (also plaster of Paris) (of) a similar quick-drying substance used for supporting broken limbs, making models etc: She's got her arm in plaster; a plaster model.) gifs3) ((also sticking-plaster; American Band-Aid) (a piece of) sticky tape (sometimes with a dressing) used to cover a wound etc: You should put a plaster on that cut.) plástur2. verb1) (to put plaster on: They plastered the walls.) múrhúða2) (to spread or apply rather too thickly: She'd look nicer if she didn't plaster so much make-up on her face.) maka, smyrja•- plastic 3. adjective(easily made into different shapes.) auðmótanlegur -
3 wallpaper
noun (paper used to decorate interior walls of houses etc: My wife wants to put wallpaper on the walls but I would rather paint them.) veggfóður -
4 blood pressure
(the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels: The excitement will raise his blood pressure.) blóðþrÿstingur -
5 cave in
((of walls etc) to collapse.) hrynja -
6 ceiling
['si:liŋ](the inner roof (of a room etc): Paint the ceiling before you paint the walls.) loft -
7 cellulose
['seljuləus](the chief substance in the cell walls of plants, also found in woods, used in the making of plastic, paper etc.) sellulósi, tréni -
8 colour
1. noun1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) litur2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) litur3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) hörundslitur4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) líf og fjör2. adjective((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) lita, lit-3. verb(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) lita- coloured4. noun((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) litaður, hörundsdökkur- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours -
9 corner
['ko:nə] 1. noun1) (a point where two lines, walls, roads etc meet: the corners of a cube; the corner of the street.) horn2) (a place, usually a small quiet place: a secluded corner.) afvikinn staður, krókur, kimi3) (in football, a free kick from the corner of the field: We've been awarded a corner.) hornspyrna2. verb1) (to force (a person or animal) into a place from which it is difficult to escape: The thief was cornered in an alley.) króa af2) (to turn a corner: He cornered on only three wheels; This car corners very well.) taka beygjur•- cornered- cut corners
- turn the corner -
10 damp
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11 decorate
['dekəreit]1) (to add some kind of ornament etc to (something) to make more beautiful, striking etc: We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls.) skreyta2) (to put paint, paper etc on the walls, ceiling and woodwork of (a room): He spent a week decorating the living-room.) prÿða híbÿli; mála; veggfóðra3) (to give a medal or badge to (someone) as a mark of honour: He was decorated for his bravery.) sæma heiðursmerki•- decorative
- decorator -
12 defence
[di'fens]1) (the act or action of defending against attack: the defence of Rome; He spoke in defence of the plans.) vörn2) (the method or equipment used to guard or protect: The walls will act as a defence against flooding.) vörn3) (a person's answer to an accusation especially in a law-court: What is your defence?) vörn•- the defence -
13 distemper
[di'stempə]1) (a kind of paint used on walls.) vatnsmálning2) (an infectious disease especially in dogs.) -
14 drapery
plural - draperies; noun1) (a draper's business.) vefnaðarvöruverslun2) (cloth used for draping: walls hung with blue drapery.) gluggatjöld, veggtjöld -
15 fortification
[-fi-]1) (walls etc built to strengthen an army, city, nation etc against attack: Fortifications surrounded the city.) víggirðing2) (the act of fortifying.) virkisgerð; styrking -
16 foundation
1) (the act of founding: the foundation of a new university.) stofnun2) (the base on which something is built: First they laid the foundations, then they built the walls.) grunnur, undirstaða3) (an amount of money to be used for a special purpose or the organization that manages it: The British Foundation for Cancer Research.) sjóður, (sjóð)stofnun -
17 gnaw
[no:](to bite or chew with a scraping movement: The dog was gnawing a large bone; The mice have gnawed holes in the walls of this room.) naga- gnawing -
18 hangings
noun plural (curtains or material hung on walls for decoration.) glugga-/vegg-/sængurtjöld -
19 interior
[in'tiəriə] 1. adjective(on, of etc, the inside of (something): the interior walls of a building.) innri, innanverður2. noun1) (the inside of a building etc: The interior of the house was very attractive.) innra borð, hið innra2) (the part of a country away from the coast, borders etc: The explorers landed on the coast, and then travelled into the interior.) uppland•- interior decorator -
20 ivy
(a type of climbing evergreen plant with small shiny leaves that grows up trees and walls.) bergflétta
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