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Definition of "friezes" [friezes]

  • Plural form of frieze. (noun)

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Use "friezes" in a sentence
  • "In our own workshop, our painting depicts designs and representations of our culture - friezes from the ancient ruin at Mitla, symbols representing waves, mountains and fertility, the totems, and other metaphors for our culture today, and from the past."
  • "His friezes were the handsomest; his stuffs and camlets were not to be sampled in the market, or even throughout the world; insomuch that the courtly dames of Venice, and the cumbrous vrows of Amsterdam and the"
  • "There was a museum that was just paintings, one that was sculptures, and another that was other ancient artifacts such as friezes from buildings and sarcophaguses."