Usually means: Triangular upper part, classical architecture.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. pediment: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pediment: Merriam-Webster
  3. pediment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pediment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pediment: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pediment: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pediment, pediment: Wordnik
  8. pediment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pediment: Wiktionary
  10. pediment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pediment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pediment: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pediment: Dictionary.com
  14. pediment: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Pediment (geology), Pediment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pediment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pediment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. pediment: Rhymezone
  19. Pediment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pediment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. pediment: FreeDictionary.org
  22. pediment: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. pediment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. pediment: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. pediment: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. PEDIMENT: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  3. pediment: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pediment: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pediment: Castle Terms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. pediment: Glossary of Medieval Architecture
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See pedimental as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (architecture) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.
noun:  (geology) A very gently sloping (0.5°-7°) inclined bedrock surface.

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