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Word: Metope
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek metopē, from meta ‘between’ + opē ‘hole for a beam end’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛtəʊp
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛtəpi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a square space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
Short Definition:square space between triglyphs in Doric frieze
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