splay - use in sentences

Object

  • embrasure: North wall: splayed window embrasures only, with a broad gap to the north transept at the east end.
  • jamb: These and other fireplaces in the house have splayed brick jambs, plastered and painted in imitation of marble.
  • aperture: Modern slab floor with a tile surround; exposed masonry with deeply splayed apertures.
  • window: West wall: splayed window, beneath which are the early medieval stones.
  • doorway: South wall: at the west end is the splayed entrance doorway from the south porch.
  • leg: They get the splayed legs from their floor surface being to slippery for them to get a grip.

Converse of object

  • have: South wall: three windows, the small ground level window having an asymmetrical splay away from the altar.

Adjective modifier

  • wide: The conventional dome design has been given a wider splay making it extremely sturdy in high winds.
  • deep: North wall: deep basal splay to embrasure, the masonry having heavy pointing.
  • internal: Main doorway has internal splay of dressed limestone rubble.

Modifies a noun

  • foot: Cow hocks, weak pasterns, straight stifles, and splay feet are very bad faults.
  • window: FRONT SITTING ROOM 16 ' x 12'4 " into the splay bay window, superb long distance views across the Aire Valley.
  • outward: I discovered them several years ago and have sadly watched their further decline as the roofs fall in and walls splay outwards.

Modifying Another Word

  • deeply: South wall: deeply splayed alcove of former priest's door left open.
  • slightly: East wall: plain apart from slightly splayed window.
  • not: Not splayed to either side or with a gap in between.
  • widely: The deep set round headed windows and main doorway have widely splayed margins.
  • internally: North wall: narrow slit window, slightly splayed internally.

Noun used with modifier

  • visibility: None of the trees fall within highway visibility splays.
  • window: Another madonna, in the form of a relief, leans in a window splay between the two war memorials.

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