Perron

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  • n. A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker etc.
  • n. A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to mediƦvel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In architecture, an external flight of steps by which access is given to the entrance-door of a building when the principal floor is raised above the level of the ground. It is often so treated as to form an important architectural adornment.
  • Word Usage
    "The drawbridge has been replaced by a modern "perron" or flight of stone steps, which leads to the entrance hall."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aaron    Aran    Aron    Charon    Heron   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rigolo    danser    prochain    veniente    dit-on