Synonyms for frieze
frizfrieze

Princeton's WordNet

1. friezenoun

   an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice

2. friezenoun

   a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap

Matched Categories

1. • Architectural Ornament
   • Fabric

How to pronounce frieze?

How to say frieze in sign language?

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How to use frieze in a sentence?

1. British Museum:

   From the entire frieze that survives today, 50 meters are in the Acropolis Museum, 80 meters in the British Museum, one block in the Louvre.

2. British Museum:

   It was in the 19th century that Lord Elgin removed intact architectural sculptures from the frieze, the metopes and the pediments of the building.