Gargoyle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A roof spout in the form of a grotesque or fantastic creature projecting from a gutter to carry rainwater clear of the wall.
  • n. A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
  • n. A person of bizarre or grotesque appearance.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
  • n. Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
  • n. A fictional winged creature.
  • n. An ugly woman.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A spout projecting from the gutter of a building, or connected with it by an opening, for the purpose of carrying off the water clear from the wall.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
  • n. a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    decoration    ornament    ornamentation    spout   
    Variant
    gargle    gargyle    gurgoyle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hunky punk    grotesque    crone    hag   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rotter    bounder   
     
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