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1. A moulding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
    
2. The topmost projecting part of an entablature
    
3. An overhanging mass of packed snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies
   - snow cornice

1. (architecture) furnish with a cornice

Derived forms: corniced, cornices, cornicing

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

Part of: entablature

Encyclopedia: Cornice