Buildings and Dwellings Flashcards
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structure in which to live
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dwelling, home, house, habitation, abode, residence, domicile, homestead, living quarters, lodgings, shelter, dwelling house, billet, accommodations
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relatively large structure
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edifice, building, construction, erection, construct, fabric
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structure in which people work
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office building, commercial building, workplace, shop, factory, store, plant, place of business
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structure with individual living units
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apartment hose, tenement, residential building, high-rise, cooperative apartment house, co-op building, co-op, condominium, multiple-unit dwelling
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structure where lodging and usually meals are provided
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boardinghouse, guest house, pension, rooming house
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overnight lodging place
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hotel, motel, inn, hostelry, caravansary, lodge, bed-and-breakfast
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cheap lodging place
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hostel, flophouse, dosshouse, fleabag, cold-water flat
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large private dwelling (usually on spacious property)
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mansion, estate, chateau, country house, palace, manor, manor house, family house, ancestral home, homestead, hacienda
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impressive public or private dwelling
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palace, palazzo
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farmhouse
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grange
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additional or minor building
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outbuilding, outhouse
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large or impressive building or buildings
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pile
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tall building
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skyscraper
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pyramidal towerlike structure with winding terraces (originally a Sumerian temple)
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ziggurat
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luxurious country estate or retreat
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villa (Russia: dacha)
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group of interrelated buildings
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complex, installation, facility, base
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home of prebuilt sections or units
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prefab, modular home, modular
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tunnel-shaped prefabricated shelter of corrugated metal (and concrete floor)
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Nissen hut, Quonset hut
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small rural or resort-area house
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cottage, cabin
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simple one-story house built of lgos
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log cabin
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house whose rooms lie in a line front to back
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shotgun house
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poor or shabby dwelling
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hut, shack, hovel, shanty, shed, hutch, cottage, cabin
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cabin with an open breezeway
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dogtrot house
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primitive (Eskimo) domelike dwelling usually makde of blocks of snow
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igloo
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primitive circulr (Mongul) tentlike hut of hides with a conical top
yurt
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primitive (Native American) conical animal skin tent
tepee
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primitive (Native American) matted oval or rounded hut of bark or hides
wigwam
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primitive (Native American) tepeelike hut of brushwood or mats
wickiup
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primitive (Native American) mud-covered log building of various shapes
hogan
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communal terraced adobe (Native American) dwelling
pueblo
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primitive (Native American) bark-and-wood communal dwelling of great length
longhouse
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house with widely overhanging roof as well as decoratively carved supports and balconies
chalet
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house having a timber framework
frame house
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small cottage or house of one story
bungalow
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house whose rooms are at different one-, two-, or half story levels
split-level
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luxurious one-family city house of several stories (and often of brick) and usually one of several in a row
town house
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house (with two entrances) designed vertically or horizontally for two families but having a common side wall
two family house, duplex house, semidetached
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small house connected to an apartment building
maisonette
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house similar to others in development
tract house
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house that is one of a continuous line of houses all of the same general appearance
row house
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one-story house with a low-pitched roof
ranch house, ranch, rambler
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house high up on a hill or mountain
aerie, eyrie
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apartment suite with connecting rooms on two floors
duplex apartment, maisonette
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apartment with rooms in more or less a straight line
railroad flat, railroad apartment
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roof-level or special (and usually luxurious) upper-level apartment
penthouse
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ground-floor apartment having its own backyard or private garden area
garden apartment
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apartment with one main room (often with a high ceiling) but with kitchen and bathroom facilities
studio apartment, studio
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small apartment (often furnished) with a bathroom and kitchenette
efficiency apartment, efficiency
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building's upper story converted for use as an artist's studio or apartment
loft, atelier
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building's upper or visible part
superstructure
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building's lower or unseen part
understructure
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main story of a house
bel etage
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ground floor
rez-de-chaussee
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intermediary and often balcony-like story
mezzanine, entresol
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platform outside or around a house
deck
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glass or multi-windowed porch or room for enjoying maximum sunlight
sun porch, solarium, sun parlor, sun room
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glass structure for growing many plants
greenhouse, conservatory
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covered or arched and usually columned walkway open on at least one side
galley, arcade, loggia, cloister
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small or blind (decorative rather than structural) arcade
arcature
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columns in a row and usually supporting a roof or wall
colonnade
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colonnade encircling an open space or buliding
peristyle
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roofed outdoor passageway between buildings
breezeway, (of a cabin) dogtrot
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long walkway within a structure or between buildings
passageway
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level open grassy or paved area for walking
esplanade
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interior open area
courtyard, court, cloister
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platform-like and usually paved open recreational area alonside a house
terrace, patio
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depressed open area at cellar or basement level
areaway
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level space that encompasses a building site
parterre
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ornamental garden with paths
parterre
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garden decoratively interspersed with rocks
rock garden, rockery
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walkway or arbor with vine-covered posts and trelliswork
pergola
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small roofed open structure in a garden or with a pleasant view
belvedere, gazebo, summer house, pavilion
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roofed entranced structure
porch, portico
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roofed and railinged platform fronting or around part of a house
porch, veranda
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small porch or entrance stairway
stoop
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screen-walled or roofed driveway (along a house entrance or to an interior courtyard) for vehicles
porte cohere, carriage porch
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front wall
facade, face
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protective or ornamental covering on the front of a building
facing
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projecting brace supporting a building externally
buttress
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low protective wall along a roof or platform
parapet
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defensive or decorative notched parapet topping a wall
battlement
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building's external angle or corner, or the stone forming it
quoin, cornerstone
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triangular part of a roofs end or building's projection (sometimes with a window)
gable
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above-the-roof gable with "steps" or setbacks
crowstep gable, corbiestep
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small sloping-roof or attic gable often with a window (all in all like a miniature house)
dormer
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low or small dormer over which the roofing curves
eyebrow
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horizontal frame-like (and often decorative) projection all along the top of a wall
cornice
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projecting block (one of many) beneath a cornice
dentil
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part (lower) of roof overhanging the wall
eave
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rounded vertical support
pillar, column
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square or rectangular vertical support
pier
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rectangular vertical support not freestanding but projecting from part of a wall
pilaster
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scroll-like or spiral ornamental feature
volute
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wall's clamp-like support (beneath a roof or overhang)
bracket, corbel
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ornament scroll-like projection beneath a cornice
modillion
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projecting curved or foliage-like ornament high up on a building
crocket
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rounded (part of a sphere) rooftop structure
dome, cupola
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rooftop structure for observation or decoration
cupola, lantern, belfry, belvedere
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opening at the top of a dome
oculus
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Russian-style (ogival) bulbous dome that comes to a point
onion dome, imperial dome, imperial roof
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pointed tower-like construction rising from a roof
spire, fleche, steeple
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small spire like ornament topping a feature of a building
pinnacle, finial
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octagonal spire
broach spire
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horizontal part of a classical building above the columns and below the eaves
entablature
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sculptured or in-relief band along the top of a classical building
freeze
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sculptural relief whose projection is slight
bas relief
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triangular gable-like fronting of a classical roof (or an ornament version of this)
pediment
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crown-like upper end of a column, pier, or pilaster
capital
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supporting block at the base of a column, pier, or pilaster
plinth
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wedge-shaped piece in an arch or vault
voussoir
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ornamental part of a wall adjoining an arch or below an upper level window
spandrel
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carved or otherwise shaped or designed ornamentation
fretwork
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any construction or feature with openings in its design openwork decorative grating-like features or ornamentation
grille, grill, grillwork
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decorative work with coiled forms
scrollwork
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building features or iron
ironwork
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roof peaking at a high angle
steep-pitched roof
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roof peaking at a low angle
low-pitched roof
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conventional ridged roof with the same angle of slope on either side
gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof
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horizontal or level roof
flat roof
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roof with a third face sloping down before where the two main slopes meet
hip roof, hipped roof
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roof that slopes downward
shed roof, pent roof, lean-to roof
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roof having not one but two slopes (or angles of slope) on either side of its ridge
curb roof
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roof only part of which is hipped (so that part of the main gable is "blunted" or truncated)
jerkinhead roof, hipped-gable roof
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curb roof with the lower of its two slopes the steeper one
gambrel roof, hipped-gable roof
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roof with four faces or slopes that rise to a point
pyramidal roof
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roof with a single downward or upward slope
lean-to roof, shed roof, penthouse roof, half-gabled roof
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roof that is a double-gable or ridged roof (with the lowest part or "valley" in the centre)
M roof
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roof with broad parallel indentations across its top
saw-tooth roof
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roof tiled in the southwestern U.S. style
Spanish-tiled roof, mission-tiled roof
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conventional wooden-frame (stile-and-rail) door with panels
panel door
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conventional door without panels or moldings
flush door
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door with some glass in it
sash door
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slatted doors
louvered doors
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slatted door on tracks that folds up or out horizontally
accordion door
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door composed ofglass panesd
French door
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door of glass that opens or closes along horizontal tracks
sliding glass door
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door with two sides that open or close
double door
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door hinged to swing in or out
double-swing door
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crude cellar or shed door
batten door
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paneling or other border-like features around a door
surround
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window that does not open
fixed window
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standard window with raisable upper and lower sashes
double-hung window
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window with a sash that moves right or left
sliding window
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window that opens or hinges
casement window
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window with adjustable horizontal slat-like glass panes
jalousie
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large fixed window dominating a room
picture window
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window or windows projecting or curving outward from a wall
bay window, bow window
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window above a door
transom
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bay window supported by a bracket (corbel)
oriel
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fixed window like a fan (or half a lemon slice) with radiating muntins (sash bars)
fan window, transom window
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fixed fan-like window with muntins in the form of concentric semicircles
circle-head window
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window with a sash sliding left or right
sliding window
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window that (hinged at the top) opens out (sometimes with a crank mechanism)
awning window
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window that (hinged at the top) opens in or is like an upside-down awning window
hopper window
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widow that (hinged at the top) opens in
basement transom window
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window with a sash anchored at the centre of the frame that swings around perpendicularly
centre pivot window, pivot window
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window in a ceiling or roof
skylight
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window with small panes separated by lead
leaded window
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window like an archway with a lower side-window on either side (the whole looking like the frontal outline of a domed building)
Palladian window, Diocletian window, Venetian window
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tall and narrow pointed-arch window
lancet window
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wall opening with (usually wooden) adjustable slats for ventilation
louver
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small round opening or window
bull's-eye, oeil-de-boeuf, oxeye
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vertical dividing member in the middle of a window (particularly of a large Gothic window)
mullion
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arranged or proportioned equivalently from the center
symmetical
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not symmetrical
asymmetrical, irregular
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having a middle or central emphasis
centralized
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configured like rays or spokes from a centre
radial
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standing alone or unsupported
freestanding
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irregular in layout or spread
rambling
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thrust forward
projecting
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set back
recessed
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being of the usual or typical style
vernacular
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serving a single purpose without elaboration
functional
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stately and sober in effect
formal
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showing or using different elements of styles
eclectic
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imposingly massive or grandiose
monumental
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suggestive of Ancient Greece or Rome
classical, neoclassical
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in three parts or divisions
tripartite
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in four parts or divisions
quadripartite
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in six parts or divisions
sexpartite
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impressively bulky or dense in construction
massive
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lengthened or notably long
elongated
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curved or opening outward
flared
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arched and round
domed
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stressing line or elongated contour
streamlined, sleek
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relatively low or close to the ground
low slung
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having different horizontal levels
terraced
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seemingly shortened or cut off (at the top or an end)
truncated, stunted
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relatively small and square
box-like, boxy
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extending around a corner or corners
wraparound
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showing decorative features
ornamental, embellished
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bearing shapes or decoration representing leaves
foliated
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checkered or mosaic-like
tesselated
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having a net-like pattern
reticulated
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having sunken (usually) square or octagonal panels (lacunars or lacunaria) in the ceiling
coffered
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showing segments (as of a circle) as constructional pieces
segmented
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having columns
columniated
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having columnar grooves
fluted
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without columns
astylar
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having a colonnade on all sides
peripteral, peristylar
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having or painted in several colours
polychrome, multicolour
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having stone masonry whose edges or joints are accentuated (by beveling or rebating the blocks)
rusticated
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having a wall surface of wooden beams with masonry between them
half-timbered
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sloping backward vertically or upward (as a wall)
battered
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built or supported with horizontal beams
trabeated
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projecting horizontally beyond its stabilizing or anchoring support
cantilevered
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left visible although a supporting feature
exposed
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having vertical boards or strips as walls or siding
board-and-batten
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arched or hollowed (as a ceiling)
vaulted
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having a vaulted ceiling like a tunnel or half-cylinder
barrel-vaulted
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having a ceiling of intersecting vaults
groin-vaulted
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in disrepair or crumbling
dilapidated, ramshackle, rickety, tumbledown
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earth and grass
sod, turf
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poles with interwoven branches, reeds, twigs, or the like used in primitive
wattle
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straw, rushes, or the like used for roofing
thatch
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length of unshaped timber
log
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bonding mixture (lime or cement or both with sand and water) used between stones or bricks
mortar
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clay bricks, tiles, stones, or concrete or glass blocks usually bonded with mortar or cement
masonry
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pulverized clay and limestone mixture
cement, Portland cement
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stone-like mixture of Portland cement with water and an aggregate (pebbles, shale, gravel, etc.)
concrete
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block of concrete
concrete block
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concrete strengthened with embedded metal (usually steel) strands or mesh
reinforced concrete
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translucent block used chiefly in walls
glass block
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red brick
redbrick
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glazed or baked brick
fired brick
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brick of sun-dried clay and straw
adobe, unfired brick
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raw or unfinished pieces of stone
fieldstone
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hewn or squared masonry stone
ashlar
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broken stone
riprap, rubble, revertment
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stone made (dressed) smooth
cut sonte
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burnt or baked thin or curved slab or various building materials used mostly for roofs
tile, tiling
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mixture of gypsum or limestone with sand and water and sometimes hair used primarily for walls and ceilings
plaster
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boards of fiberboard, felt, of the like used in place of plaster
plasterboard, Sheetrock, drywall, gypsum board
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covering or overlay of one material over another in a wall
cladding
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weatherproof boards, sheets, or shingles used for the exposed facing of a frame building
siding
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exterior plaster finish (usually of Portland cement and sand)
stucco
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wall exterior of mortar and pressed-in pebbles
pebble-dash, rock-dash, roughcast
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long and thin horizontal board (with one edge thinner) used overlapping with others for siding
clapboard, weatherboard
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sawed thin oblong of wood, slate or other building material used overlappingly as roofing or siding
shingle
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split-log shingle (commonly of cedar)
shake
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polished mosaic or chip-like flooring usually of marble and stone
terrazo
