Lacunar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A ceiling constructed with recessed panels.
  • n. A recessed panel in such a ceiling.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a lacuna
  • n. A coffer; a ceiling constructed of coffers
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels.
  • n. One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the coffers or sunk compartments in ceilings or soffits formed of beams crossing one another, or resembling in structural form or for purposes of decoration such a construction of beams, as the stone ceilings of the Grecian Doric, those (generally formed of wood and plaster, and profusely decorated with gilding and ornament) common in Renaissance buildings, etc.
  • n. Hence A ceiling or soffit having lacunars.
  • Of or pertaining to a lacuna.
  • Having lacunæ; lacunose. Also lacunal.
    • Word Usage
    "The portion which is reflected from the inguinal ligament at the pubic tubercle is attached to the pectineal line and is called the lacunar ligament."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lacunal   
     
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