Thesaurus: cyma

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1. n. A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.
2. n. A cyme. See Cyme.
3. n. (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
4. 1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. 2. (Bot.) A cyme. See Cyme. Cyma recta, or Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below. -- Cyma reversa, or Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below.
5. A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which iswavelike in form.
6. n. (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)