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• Snow cornice — This article is about the snow formation. For the architectural use, see cornice. A cornice of snow about to fall. Cracks in the snow are visible in area (1). Area (3) fell soon after this picture was taken, leaving area (2) as the new edge …   Wikipedia

• Cornice — Not to be confused with Corniche. This article is about the architectural feature. For the overhanging snow form, see Snow cornice. Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns any building or furniture element: the… …   Wikipedia

• Cornice (climbing) — In climbing, a cornice is an overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain which are built up by drifting snow. Cornices are extremely dangerous and should never be walked on or under without adequate protection, or if other… …   Wikipedia

• Snow — Snowfall redirects here. For other uses, see Snow (disambiguation) or Snowfall (disambiguation). Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. The process of… …   Wikipedia

• snow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. snowfall, snowflake, flurry; snowstorm, blizzard; snowslide, drift, avalanche; hail, sleet. v. snow in or under; swamp, flood, inundate; slang, impress, flatter, do a snow job on. See cold, flattery.… …   English dictionary for students

• Snow bridge — For another meaning, see Avalanche snow bridge Snow bridge is an arc across a crevasse, a crack in rock, a creek, or some other opening in terrain. [Elaine Freedgood (2000) Victorian Writing about Risk: Imagining a Safe England in a Dangerous… …   Wikipedia

• cornice — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Italian, frame, cornice, from Latin cornic , cornix crow; akin to Greek korax raven more at raven Date: 1563 1. a. the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cornice — /kawr nis/, n., v., corniced, cornicing. n. 1. Archit. a. any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes. b. the uppermost member of a… …   Universalium

• cornice — [ kɔ:nɪs] noun 1》 an ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling.     ↘a horizontal moulded projection crowning a building or structure, especially the uppermost member of the entablature of an order, surmounting the… …   English new terms dictionary

• cornice — /ˈkɔnəs / (say kawnuhs) noun 1. Architecture a. a horizontal moulded projection which crowns or finishes a wall, building, etc. b. the uppermost division of an entablature, resting on the frieze. 2. an overhanging crest of snow. 3. the moulding… …  

• cornice — n. 1 Archit. a an ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling. b a horizontal moulded projection crowning a building or structure, esp. the uppermost member of the entablature of an order, surmounting the frieze. 2… …   Useful english dictionary