cyma reversa

1. 1.

   a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below

   Synonymsogee

   Broadercyma

Questions about cyma reversa

What does cyma reversa mean?

cyma reversa means "a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below".

What is another word for cyma reversa?

Close synonyms include ogee. 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 cyma reversa a common word?

cyma reversa 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.