corbel

Questions about corbel

What does corbel mean?

corbel means "(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in corbel?

corbel has 2 syllables: cor-bel. The stress falls on "cor". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹbəl/.

What is another word for corbel?

Close synonyms include truss. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is corbel a common word?

corbel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.