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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
cyma is a noun meaning "(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)". It carries one recorded sense.
(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
classical architecture
Forms marked are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cyma come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.