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bəl; noun
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
Origin:
1700–10; < French corbeille < Late Latin corbicula, equivalent to Latin corbi(s) basket + -cula -cule1
1700–10; < French corbeille < Late Latin corbicula, equivalent to Latin corbi(s) basket + -cula -cule1
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corbeil or corbeille (ˈkɔːbəl, French kɔrbɛj, ˈkɔːbəl, French kɔrbɛj) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| architect a carved ornament in the form of a basket of fruit, flowers, etc | |
| [C18: from French corbeille basket, from Late Latin corbicula a little basket, from Latin corbis basket] | |
| corbeille or corbeille | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from French corbeille basket, from Late Latin corbicula a little basket, from Latin corbis basket] | |
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Corbeil
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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