Look up: louvre

1. Louvre
   In architecture a louvre is a small lantern or a turret, placed on the roofs of ancient halls, kitchens, etc, to allow of the escape of smoke, or to promote ventilation. Originally they were entirely open at the sides, or closed only with narrow boards, placed horizontally and sloping, and at a litt...
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2. Louvre
   Opening in roof (sometimes topped with lantern) to allow smoke to escape from central hearth.
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3. Louvre
   [n] - an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
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4. Louvre
   opening in roof to allow smoke to escape from central hearth
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5. Louvre
   French art gallery, former palace of the French kings, in Paris. It was converted to an art gallery in 1793 to house the royal collections. Two of its best-known exhibits are the sculpture Venus...
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6. Louvre
   A movable vane for controlling an opening for the flow of cooling air.
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7. louvre
   a screen made of translucent or opaque components and geometrically disposed to prevent lamps from being directly visible over a given angle Category: Electrical engineering and energy • an assembly of sloping vanes intended to permit air to pass through Category: Physics • h...
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8. Louvre
   noun an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
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9. Louvre
   • (n.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a).
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10. louvre
    screen made of translucent or opaque components and geometrically disposed to prevent lamps from being directly visible over a given angle
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11. Louvre
    Louvre (lOO'vru) , foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. In 1546 Pierre Lescot was commissioned by Francis I to erect a new building on the site of the Louvre. During his reign, several paintings by...
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12. Louvre
    French art gallery, former palace of the French kings, in Paris. It was converted to an art gallery in 1793 to house the royal collections. Two of its best-known exhibits are Alexandros of Antioch's sculpture Venus de Milo and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The gallery comprises seven sections: ...
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