capstone

Examples

• All

• The angel Moroni, gold-leafed and fourteen feet high, stands on its capstone blowing his trumpet to announce that God's word has been restored to the earth.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The capstone was placed after the foundation was solid.

  Academic text (2005)

• Finally, a capstone was placed on top, covered with electrum and glimmering like gold.

• A 7/8" aperture in the capstone allows a ray of sun.

  Blog text (12)

• The capstone is raised.

  Fiction book (2001)

• As he set the capstone in place, the face of the pyramid split in two, the two halves opening outward to reveal the single All-Seeing Eye at the pyramid's heart.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The architect designed the building with a beautiful marble capstone that gave it a finished look.

• At the top of the wall, the builders placed a heavy granite capstone to complete the structure.

• The ancient temple featured a massive stone capstone that symbolized its grandeur and significance.

Synonyms

C

copestone

vscapstone

• Archaic

9.9

A stone on top of a wall that protects and finishes it

is the general term for the finishing stone at the top of a wall

C

coping stone

vscapstone

• Specialized

7.8

A flat stone on top of a wall that protects it from rain

refers to the same finishing piece but without weather emphasis

Compounds

C

capstone project

4.0

A final project that shows what a student learned in a course or program

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology