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Is cornice a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cornice is a Scrabble US word. The word cornice is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3O1R1N1I1C3E1

Is cornice a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cornice is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3O1R1N1I1C3E1

Is cornice a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cornice is a Words With Friends word. The word cornice is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1R1N2I1C4E1

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7-letter words (3 found)

CORNICE,CROCEIN,CROCINE,

6-letter words (5 found)

CICERO,COINER,ORCEIN,ORCINE,RECOIN,

5-letter words (14 found)

CERCI,CERIC,CEROC,CONIC,CORNI,CRINE,CROCI,CRONE,IRONE,NICER,ONCER,ORCIN,RECCO,RECON,

4-letter words (30 found)

CERO,CINE,CION,CIRE,COIN,COIR,CONE,CONI,CORE,CORN,CROC,CRON,ECCO,ERIC,ICER,ICON,INRO,IRON,NICE,NOIR,NORI,ONCE,ONER,ONIE,REIN,RENO,RICE,RINE,ROIN,RONE,

3-letter words (20 found)

CON,COR,ECO,EON,ERN,ICE,ION,IRE,NIE,NOR,ONE,ORC,ORE,REC,REI,REN,REO,RIN,ROC,ROE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EN,ER,IN,IO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 84 words from cornice according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cornice

cornice

Etymology

From Middle French corniche or Italian cornice, from Latin cornīx (“crow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cornice (plural cornices)

  1. (architecture) 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.
  2. A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
  3. A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
  4. (geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.
    Synonym: snow cornice

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • eaves
  • fascia

Verb

cornice (third-person singular simple present cornices, present participle cornicing, simple past and past participle corniced)

  1. (transitive) To furnish or decorate with a cornice.

References

Further reading

  • cornice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Creonic, crocein

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cornīx (“crow”), influenced by Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “curved line”) from the same root.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /korˈni.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -itʃe
  • Hyphenation: cor‧nì‧ce

Noun

cornice f (plural cornici)

  1. (poetic, obsolete) carrion crow
    Synonym: cornacchia
  2. frame
  3. (architecture) cornice
    Synonym: cornicione
  4. ledge
  5. (figurative) background, setting

Derived terms

  • cornicione
  • incorniciare

References

Anagrams

  • crenico, eccrino, riccone

Latin

Noun

cōrnīce

  1. ablative singular of cōrnīx

Romanian

Noun

cornice f (plural cornice)

  1. Alternative form of cornișă

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org