freestanding
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- adjective
- /ˈfriːˌstændɪŋ/
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independiente
- The dates proved, in fact, that they were the earliest monumental freestanding structures anywhere in the world.
- freestanding displays
- freestanding figures
I assume that notes should be freestanding, separate from the text I was reading.
- I assume that notes should be freestanding, separate from the text I was reading.
- It looked like this, a freestanding column that didn't really look like a column at all.
- And that's how it's just cool freestanding stuff.
Examples
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Most freestanding statues were made of bronze or marble.
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A freestanding cabinet held a gun collection extending from the Revolutionary War to modern times.
Fiction book (1999) -
At the end of the backyard was a freestanding garage that could be entered by car only from the alley beyond.
Fiction book (1998) -
Built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London's Hyde Park, it was the world's first large, freestanding iron-frame building.
Academic text (2008) -
The architect designed a beautiful freestanding gazebo in her backyard.
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During the festival, we admired the freestanding sculptures in the park.
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The new restaurant features a freestanding bar that separates the dining area from the lounge.
Synonyms
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2.1
Not joined to another thing and kept apart
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3.8
A house that stands alone and is not joined to other houses
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6.5
Not held in place by an anchor, like a boat
Not attached or held in place so it can move
Antonyms
How Freestanding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Freestanding comes from the simple parts free ('not attached') and standing ('standing on its own'), so it describes an object that literally 'stands' without being fixed to anything and can be moved.