Usually means: Small, rectangular blocks in architecture.
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  1. dentil: Merriam-Webster
  2. dentil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dentil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dentil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dentil: Wordnik
  6. dentil: Wiktionary
  7. dentil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. dentil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. dentil: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Dentil, dentil: Dictionary.com
  11. Dentil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Dentil: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. dentil: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Dentil: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. dentil: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. dentil: FreeDictionary.org
  17. dentil: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. dentil: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dentil)

▸ noun:  (architecture) Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.

Similar:
dentel, denticle, dent, denticule, dado, dentilave, dental dam, godroon, denticulate, dint, more...

Opposite:
projection, corbel, bracket, modillion

Types:
dentil block, dentil course, dentil row, dentil band, dentil moulding, more...

Phrases:
dentil band, venetian dentil, more...

Adjectives:
venetian, gabled, sugary, classical, true, hand, peculiar, last, double

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Similar:
dentel, denticle, dent, denticule, dado, dentilave, dental dam, godroon, denticulate, dint, more...

Opposite:
projection, corbel, bracket, modillion

Types:
dentil block, dentil course, dentil row, dentil band, dentil moulding, more...

Phrases:
dentil band, venetian dentil, more...

Adjectives:
venetian, gabled, sugary, classical, true, hand, peculiar, last, double



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