[ˈkɔːnɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling

- an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix ‘crow’ (compare with corbel), but influenced by Greek korōnis ‘coping stone’