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ca⋅vet⋅to

  [kuh-vet-oh; It. kah-vet-taw]
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–noun, plural -ti  [-tee] , -tos. Architecture.
a concave molding the outline of which is a quarter circle.

Origin:
1670–80; < It, equiv. to cav(o) (< L cavus or cavum hollow place; see cave ) + -etto -et
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ca·vet·to   (kə-vět'ō)   
n.   pl. ca·vet·ti (-vět'ē) or ca·vet·tos
A concave molding with a cross section that approximates a quarter circle.

[Italian, diminutive of cavo, hollow, from Latin cavus; see keuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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