CLEARSTORY

clerestory, clearstory

(noun) part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

clearstory (plural clearstories)

Alternative form of clerestory

Anagrams

• lay rectors

Source: Wiktionary


Clear"sto`ry, Clere"sto`ry, n. (Arch.)

Definition: The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 February 2025

MEGACOLON

(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)


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