| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cavetto |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ca·vet·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k -v t  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ca·vet·ti (-vt ) or ca·vet·tos
A concave molding with a cross section that approximates a quarter circle. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, diminutive of cavo, hollow, from Latin cavus. See keu- in Appendix I.
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