fascia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
A dashboard.
A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
A broad well-defined band of color.
A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
A sash worn with a cassock by clergy of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing muscles and organs; an aponeurosis.
The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæʃə/ /ˈfæʃjə/ /ˈfæʃi.ə/ /ˈfeɪʃə/ /ˈfeɪʃjə/ /ˈfeɪʃi.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fascia.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fascia2.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fascia3.wav

Word forms

fascia fascias fasciae fasciæ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle, band”). Cognate with fajita, fess, and fascism.

Synonyms

Derived words

Abernethy's fascia Buck's fascia fascia adherens fascia bulbi fascial fascia lata fascialike fasciate fasciectomy fasciitis fasciola myofascia neurofascia plantar fascia superficial fascia transversalis fascia

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