Edifice

New Word A Day

Edifice

Pronounced < ed-ah-face >

It means: A large impressive building.

Daily use: The report you sent is somewhere in our edifice. It may be on the 87th floor.

Memory trick:

edifice

edi (reminds of) = eddy (a river that flows up)

i (reminds of) = ah or ah!

face = the side of a building

It flows up. Ah! (Impressed) by the face of the building.

Ah! I am impressed by that very large building.

Listen: Edifice