Architectural Design Glossary

noun a weight used to balance or offset another weight

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• The engineer carefully calculated the necessary counterweight to balance the elevator.
• Make sure you put a counterweight on the other side to even it out.
• Throw a counterweight on there so it doesn't tip over.
• Her sense of humor acted as a counterweight to his seriousness.

adjective giving only superficial or incomplete information; unclear or suspicious in nature

• The evidence presented in court was deemed sketchy and unreliable.
• I don't trust that guy, he seems kind of sketchy.
• The whole situation just feels super sketchy, you know?
• Her memory of the event was like a sketchy drawing, missing important details.

noun a shelter or refuge

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• The abris provided shelter for the soldiers during the storm.
• Let's go hang out in the abris until the rain stops.
• I found a cool abris to chill in while we wait for the concert.
• Her kindness was like an abris in the midst of chaos.

noun a sacred inner chamber of a temple or church

• The adytum of the temple was only accessible to the high priestess.
• I heard there's a secret adytum in the forest where people go to meditate.
• Let's sneak into the adytum tonight and see what's inside.
• The author's mind was like an adytum, filled with hidden thoughts and emotions.