soffit
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- noun
- /ˈsɒfɪt/
- Specialized
- Tupelo Tree in the kitchen, with original birch cabinets and grasscloth-covered soffit.
- soffit vent
- soffits and eaves
- soffit ceilings
Examples
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During the renovation, they decided to replace the old soffit that was damaged by water.
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Looking up, one could see a soffit located directly under the fifth-floor computer table.
Academic text (2009) -
"We're adding soffits all around the room - the ductwork is supposed to be concealed in that!"
Fiction book (1992) -
A long ventilation system snaked through the base of the soffit, providing warm air for the fourth floor (see photo at left).
Academic text (2009) -
A studio-to-be, architectural touches like soffits framed in but not plaster-boarded.
Fiction book (2001) -
They hope to finish the inside of the chapel in three weeks, but they are also going to pave the street that goes in front of the chapel, repaint all of the metal coverings for the doors and windows, completely reshape the chapel grounds, tear down and replace the soffit, and much more.
Blog text (29) -
The aureole surrounding the cross at the top is visually linked with the background pendentive and its oculus, bracketed by the sweeping soffits of the adjacent arches.
Academic text (1995) -
The carpenter installed a decorative soffit beneath the overhang to enhance the building's appearance.
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The architect specified a drop soffit to conceal the wiring and improve the room's aesthetics.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Soffit comes from old French and Latin words that mean 'fixed below' or 'under'. Think of suffix, which is added to the end of a word; a soffit is the part fixed beneath a roof, arch, or beam, so it is the underside of that building part.