style : Idioms & Phrases

• noun architecture as a kind of art form
  type of architecture; architectural style.
  

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• noun the style of a particular artist or school or movement
  idiom.
  
  • an imaginative orchestral idiom

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• a style pure and elegant.

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• (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire.

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• noun the artistic style of ancient Greek art with its emphasis on proportion and harmony
  

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• adjective satellite typical of the country
  
  • country-style sausage
  • country music

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• (Arch.), a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to a. d. 1375.

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• noun a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
  style.
  
  • all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper

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• noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
  hairdo; hairstyle; coif; coiffure.
  

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• noun trend-setting fashions
  haute couture; high fashion.
  

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• adjective satellite as if in the home
  
  • home-style cooking

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• adjective satellite in the current fashion or style
  in vogue; a la mode; modish; latest.
  

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• that style which is proper for monumental and other inscriptions; terse; sententious.

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• noun a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
  life style; modus vivendi; lifestyle.
  

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• noun a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
  life style; modus vivendi; lifestyle.
  

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• noun an expressive style of music
  genre; music genre; musical genre.
  

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• . See Style.

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• noun the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
  Gregorian calendar.
  

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• (Arch.), a style of architecture which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, and strength, with the use of the semicircular arch, heavy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and spiral or cable-formed ornaments were prominent.

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• noun brine-cured salmon that is less salty than most; sometimes sugar is also used in the curing
  Nova salmon; Nova Scotia lox; Nova lox; Nova Scotia salmon.
  

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• noun a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
  old style.
  

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• . (Chron.) See the Note under Style.

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• noun the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
  Julian calendar.
  

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• noun a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
  old style.
  

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• adjective satellite cooked as pancakes are cooked
  

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• noun a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
  English-Gothic architecture; perpendicular; English-Gothic.
  

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• (Arch.), a name given to the latest variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed from the close of the 14th century to the early part of the 16th; probably so called from the vertical style of its window mullions.

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• (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; more commonly called Gothic.

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• (Arch.), that which grew up from the attempts of barbarous people to copy Roman architecture and apply it to their own purposes. This term is loosely applied to all the styles of Western Europe, from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the appearance of Gothic architecture.

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• adjective satellite as claimed by and for yourself often without justification
  soi-disant.
  
  • the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind

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• noun architecture as a kind of art form
  type of architecture; architectural style.
  

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• the practice or manner observed by a court in its proceedings. Ayliffe.

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• noun a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication
  

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• (Arch.), the latest development of Gothic architecture in England, under the Tudors, characterized by flat four-centered arches, shallow moldings, and a profusion of paneling on the walls.

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• noun a style of expressing yourself in writing
  genre; literary genre.
  

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