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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•bri•cate (adj. im′bri kit, -kāt′;v. im′bri kāt′),USA pronunciation adj., v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. adj. - Buildingoverlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
- Fine Artof, pertaining to, or resembling overlapping tiles, as decoration or drawings.
- Biologyoverlapping like tiles, as scales or leaves.
- Buildingcharacterized by or as if by overlapping shingles.
v.t., v.i. - Buildingto overlap, as tiles or shingles.
- Late Latin imbricātus tiled with imbrices, shaped like such a tile or tiling, equivalent. to imbric- (stem of imbrex) imbrex + -ātus -ate1
- 1650–60
im′bri•cate•ly, adv. im′bri•ca′tive, adj. |