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Is apse a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of apse?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.Examples: "The draughtsman could not have held the sheet with the apse at the tip, for then, instead of shading away from the edge, most of his hatched lines would begin in the uncharted middle ground of a shadeable area, to strike against the contour; […]"
2. (astronomy, obsolete) Obsolete form of apsis (“the nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit”).alt-ofobsolete
noun (English)
1. (obsolete or dialectal) An aspen tree.dialectalobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary