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nave

  • noun
  • nāv

The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

Other meanings

  1. The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.

  2. A hub of a wheel.

A kind of

  • area

Word history

From Latin "nāvem".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “nave” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.