Frieze Definition

frēz

friezes

noun

A decoration or series of decorations forming an ornamental band around a room, mantel, etc.

Webster's New World

A horizontal band, often decorated with sculpture, between the architrave and cornice of a building.

Webster's New World

A heavy wool cloth with a shaggy, uncut nap on one side.

Webster's New World

A dense, low-pile surface, as in carpeting, resembling such cloth.

American Heritage

A banner with a series of pictures.

The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

verb

To make a nap on (cloth); to friz.

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Other Word Forms of Frieze

Singular:

frieze

Plural:

friezes

Middle English frise from Old French from Medieval Latin (pannī) frīsiī woolen (garments) from pl. of Frīsius Frisian

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French frise from Medieval Latin frisium, frigium embroidery from Latin Phrygium (opus) Phrygian (work) from Phrygia

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French frise, Medieval Latin frisium, variant of frigium, ultimately from Latin Phrygium (opus) "(work) of Phrygia."

From Wiktionary
From Middle French frise, from friser (“to curl”).

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