STYLOBATE

Etymology

Noun

stylobate (plural stylobates)

(Classical Greek architecture) The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.

Source: Wiktionary


Sty"lo*bate, n. Etym: [L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. (Arch.)

Definition: The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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