architrave.

1. A shaped trim surrounding a door or window opening.

2. In classical architecture, the lowest horizontal part of an entablature, resting directly on columns.

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Words that belong together

• painted architrave
• carved architrave
• wide architraves

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A strip of blue paint survived on the architrave above the kitchen door.

He measured the architrave before ordering replacement trim.

The plain door looked unexpectedly grand inside its carved architrave.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Common in British descriptions of interiors; not the whole frame that carries the door. Count noun: architraves.