freestanding
or free-stand·ing
(of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
not affiliated with others of its kind; independent; autonomous: a freestanding clinic, not connected with any hospital.
Origin of freestanding
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How to use freestanding in a sentence
If Time Regained were a free-standing novel, it would on its own qualify as a great work of art.
Four of the towers are alike, each with the same long lancet openings, the same free-standing pillars at the corners.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyA tape unit cabinet may be connected as an extension of the Equipment Frame or may be a free-standing frame.
Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) | Digital Equipment CorporationSolid-panelled free-standing wainscotting is set along the back of the rearmost bench.
The Fairfax County Courthouse | Ross D. NethertonThat is, the change in conception is an easy step by which the relief was lost and free-standing figures substituted.
But before Michael Angelo the Italian free-standing group was tentative.
Donatello | David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
British Dictionary definitions for freestanding
/ (ˌfriːˈstændɪŋ) /
standing apart; not attached to or supported by another object
(in systemic grammar) denoting a clause that can stand alone as a sentence; denoting or being a main clause: Compare bound 1 (def. 8b)
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