Home and property
Parts of a Building
Columns, arches, and the details above your head.
- Teens and up
- Confident · B2
- 14 words
The words
Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.
- column
- a tall post that holds up a building
- tower
- a tall narrow building, or a tall part of one
- terrace
- a flat paved area beside a house
- arch
- a curved shape built over a doorway or bridge
- panel
- a flat board forming part of a door or wall
- balcony
- a platform sticking out from an upper floor of a building
- facade
- the front outside wall of a building
- projection
- a part that sticks out from a surface
- spire
- a tall pointed structure on top of a church tower
- pavilion
- a light decorative building in a park or sports ground
- courtyard
- an open space surrounded by walls or buildings
- truss
- a framework of beams that supports a roof or bridge
- cornice
- a decorative moulding along the top of a wall
- balustrade
- a row of short posts holding a rail along stairs
