1. A moulding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
   "Crown moulding was installed to create a decorative cornice around the room"
    
2. The topmost projecting part of an entablature
   "The ornate cornice added a touch of elegance to the building's facade"
    
3. An overhanging mass of packed snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies
   "The climbers carefully avoided the dangerous snow cornice";
   - snow cornice

1. (architecture) furnish with a cornice
   "The builders corniced the room with elaborate mouldings"

Derived forms: corniced, cornicing, cornices

Type of: furnish, molding [N. Amer], moulding [Brit, Cdn], offer, projection, provide, render, supply

Part of: entablature

Encyclopedia: Cornice