Notre-Dame de Paris Word Search
Play a Notre-Dame de Paris (Paris) word search free online. We built the 12-word list around architectural features, history, and surrounding places, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Located in Paris.
Words to find: NOTREDAME, GARGOYLES, FLYINGBUTTRESS, ROSEWINDOW, SPIRES, TRANSEPT, NAVE, CHOIR, ARCHES, STONE, OAKS, ORGAN.
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Notre-Dame de Paris word list, defined
- GARGOYLES /ˈɡɑːɡ.əʊ.ɪlz/ · noun
- A carved stone figure, typically depicting a mythical creature, used as a water spout on a building, especially a church. Related: grotesques, chimera, hydra, statue.
- SPIRES /ˈspaɪrz/ · noun
- A spire is a tapering structure, typically pointed, that rises from the roof of a building, especially a church or other place of worship. Spires can also refer to the pointed or tapering part of a mountain or rock. Related: turrets, minarets, steeples, pointings.
- TRANSEPT /ˈtræn.sept/ · noun
- The transverse section of a cruciform church, extending from the crossing toward the exterior walls. It forms the church's crosswise arms and may contain side chapels or entrances. Related: cross-aisle, transverse aisle.
- NAVE /neɪv/ · noun
- The central part of a church, extending from the entrance to the choir or chancel and usually containing the main aisle. It is traditionally regarded as the body of the church, while the towers or other outer parts are the limbs.
- CHOIR /ˈkwaɪər/ · noun
- An organized company or group of singers who perform together, especially one leading the singing in a church service. More broadly, the part of a church building occupied by such singers. Related: chorus, chorale, ensemble, singing group.
- ARCHES /ˈɑːrtʃɪz/ · noun (plural); also verb form
- Arches are curved structures that span an opening and support weight above it, such as a bridge or doorway. As a verb form, it is the third-person singular of 'arch', meaning to curve into an arch shape. Related: vaults, curves, arcades, bends.
- STONE /stoʊn/ (US); /stəʊn/ (British) · noun
- A hard, solid piece or mass of mineral matter, especially one broken or cut from rock. It can also refer to a small piece of stone used as a weapon, a unit of weight, or a fruit stone. Related: rock, pebble, boulder, gem.
- OAKS /oʊks/ · noun
- The plural form of oak, denoting two or more oak trees. Related: trees, oak trees, trees of the genus Quercus.
- ORGAN /ˈɔːɡən/ (British and American English) · noun
- A specialized structure in a living organism that performs one or more particular functions, such as the heart, lungs, or liver. By extension, the word can refer to a large keyboard instrument that produces sound using pipes. Related: body part, internal organ, viscus, instrument.
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