architecture
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
architecture/ˈɑːkɪtektʃə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings.
■ the style in which a building is designed and constructed.
- 2 the complex structure of something.
■ the conceptual structure and logical organization of a computer or computer-based system.
– derivatives
architectural adjective,
architecturally adverb.
architectural adjective,
architecturally adverb.
'architecture' also found in these Oxford entries:
abacus
- acanthus
- aisle
- amphiprostyle
- ancon
- annulet
- arcade
- architectonic
- architrave
- arcology
- arris
- art nouveau
- astragal
- astylar
- atlas
- atrium
- baboon
- baguette
- baroque
- barrel vault
- bar tracery
- base
- billet
- bolection
- boss
- breastsummer
- brutalism
- cable
- capital
- caryatid
- centring
- charette
- chevet
- chinoiserie
- Churrigueresque
- cincture
- classical
- colonial
- colossal
- composite
- conch
- cordon
- Corinthian
- corona
- cove
- crocket
- crossing
- cusp
- dado
