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Definition
a decorative border along the top of a building's exterior wall
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a decorative molding between the ceiling and the top of a wall
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hardened snow that hangs over a ridge or precipice
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a decorative molding between the ceiling and the top of a wall
or:
hardened snow that hangs over a ridge or precipice
- Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs, and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms.p. 80.6
cornices = decorative borders along the top of building walls
There are no more uses of "cornice" in The Great Gatsby.
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