Associations to the word «Imbrication»

IMBRICATION, noun. A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish

IMBRICATION, noun. (medicine) overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery

IMBRICATION, noun. (geology) a sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.

IMBRICATION, noun. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).