Definition of "frieze" in English

noun

1. A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.

verb

1. (transitive) To make a nap on (cloth); to frizz.

noun

1. (architecture) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.

2. (by extension) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or in rich pieces of furniture.

3. A banner with a series of pictures.

   • The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.

verb

1. (transitive, architecture) To put a frieze on.