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lacunar.

A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit; a ceiling containing panels of this kind.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ləˈk(j)uː.nə/Received-Pronunciation/ləˈk(j)u.nəɹ/Canada, General-American/ləˈk(j)ʉː.nə/Australia, New-Zealand/ləˈk(j)ʉ.nəɾ/Scotland
  1. A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit; a ceiling containing panels of this kind.

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin lacūnar. First attested in 1696.

adj/ləˈk(j)uː.nə/Received-Pronunciation/ləˈk(j)u.nəɹ/Canada, General-American/ləˈk(j)ʉː.nə/Australia, New-Zealand/ləˈk(j)ʉ.nəɾ/Scotland
  1. Of or pertaining to a lacuna.

    not-comparable · relational
Where this word comes from

From lacuna + -ar. First attested in 1870.

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