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A cabinet is a case or cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying items. Some cabinets are stand alone while others are built in to a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood (solid or with veneers or artificial surfaces), coated steel (common for medicine cabinets), or synthetic ...
A slant created by cutting a wall around an opening such that the inside of the opening is wider or narrower than the outside. [84] Springer The lowest voussoir on each side of an arch. Squinch A piece of construction used for filling in the upper angles of a square room so as to form a proper base to receive an octagonal or spherical dome. Squint
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.
In other words, a plan is a section viewed from the top. In such views, the portion of the object above the plane (section) is omitted to reveal what lies beyond. In the case of a floor plan, the roof and upper portion of the walls may typically be omitted.
the floor above ground level (US: second floor) the floor at ground level (often, but not always, the same floor as a building's lobby) (UK: ground floor) fit (adj.) (of a person) attractive, sexy (slang) (of a person) in good physical condition suitable for some purpose (usu. followed by for or to) fix (v.)
Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.
wall with speaker recesses curvature of e.g. plasterwork to fill the space above the kitchen cabinets, at the corner of the ceiling and wall: coving (interior design) underside of office ceiling of tiles (often gypsum) suspended, fastened or bonded to a grid system attached to the walls and/or ceiling
The meaning of "cabinet" began to be extended to the contents of the cabinet; [9] thus we see the 16th-century cabinet of curiosities, often combined with a library. The sense of cabinet as a piece of furniture is actually older in English than the meaning as a room, but originally meant more a strong-box or jewel-chest than a display-case. [10]