MEANING
One of a row of small rectangular blocks used as architectural decoration, often beneath a cornice.
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- dentil molding
- row of dentils
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A row of dentils ran beneath the cornice.
One dentil was missing from the stonework.
The dentil molding cast a line of tiny shadows.
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- dentil
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular dentil; plural dentils. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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