soffit

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If the frame be left white, however, the soffit ought to be shaded, otherwise it will be difficult to keep the values distinct.

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  1. noun The underside of a structural component, such as a beam, arch, staircase, or cornice.

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  • So there won't be any posts until the 18th.In the meantime, enjoy this soul-crushing Stet of the Week, reproduced with only slight alterations from an actual message board transcript:Our Bold Hero: On the image for [this product], soffit is spelled incorrectly, as sofit.Project Coordinator: Checking with client.Project Coordinator: Correct spelling for Sofit is Sofit.
  • The bats had been having a particularly good time since the last anti-extinction crusade, and there was hardly a loft in Yetminster and Crewkerne in '34 that didn't have a purpose-built batroost as well as a soffit-set of nesting-boxes. —  Asimov's Science Fiction [2001.04]
  • Such a vent, going the full length of the soffit (underpart of the overhang), will, or at least should, make a big difference in keeping the roof cold, by providing a continuous flow of air into the attic through the soffit vents and up and out through the ridge vent. —  RutlandHerald.com
  • In this scheme we actually suggested repainting those dark orange gables in the taupey-gray color that Shawn and his crew used under the soffit (Benjamin Moore's Briarwood). —  RVABlogs
  • Using soft lighting such as soffit halogen spot lights or a glass or jewelled chandelier as a centre light will create ambience.
 

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  1. French soffite, from Italian soffitto, from Vulgar Latin *suffīctus, past participle of suffīgere, to fasten beneath; see suffix.

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  1. from French soffite = Spanish sofito, from Italian soffitta, soffitto, from Latin as if *sufficta, *suffictus (for suffixa, suffixus), past participle of suffigere, fix beneath: see suffix.
 

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/ˈsɑfɪt/
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