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soffit
n.
(Architecture) bottom side of a component of a building (staircase, arch, a balcony, overhanging eaves etc.)
Soffit
Soffit (from , formed as a ceiling; directly from
suffictus for
suffixus, , to fix underneath), in
architecture, describes the underside of any construction element. Examples of soffits include:
- the underside of an arch or architrave (whether supported by piers or columns),
- the underside of a flight of stairs, under the classical entablature,
- the underside of a projecting cornice, or side of chimney
- the underside of a ceiling to fill the space above the kitchen cabinets, at the corner of the ceiling and wall,
- the exposed undersurface of any exterior overhanging section of a roof eave.
- the wall into which loudspeakers are mounted in a recording studio.
- a drop-down box used to mount a kitchen ventilation hood under a sloped or high ceiling.
soffit
Noun
1. the underside of a part of a building (such as an arch or overhang or beam etc.)
(hypernym) side
Soffit
(n.)
The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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