DAIS


Meaning of DAIS in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

raised

Liessa and the Loremaster were waiting on a raised dais at one end of the meadow.

What the tourists come to see is a raised dais of grass hemmed in by a retaining wall.

On the raised dais in front of him lay Sylvie's coffin.

There was a raised dais at one end underneath a skylight, with a sort of bed on it.

In the centre of the room there was a raised dais , and it was also roofed with gold.

The band, dressed in evening wear and sitting on a raised dais , were at the far end of the hall.

On a raised dais in front of large windows looking out on to the agricultural college gardens sat the Inspector.

There was a raised dais on one side of the square on which the Sheikh Osman sat cross-legged.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A few of his followers had joined him on the dais .

Hollins will be keeping his eye on Councilman Keith Beier, his ideological nemesis and verbal sparring partner on the council dais .

I took my place in the refectory at a separate table near the dais and watched the lady prioress sweep in.

In the square the torches began to go out, until there were only one or two left near the dais .

Liessa and the Loremaster were waiting on a raised dais at one end of the meadow.

On the dais all the boys were congratulating themselves.

Some staff members must have been wondering if they should install ropes around the dais and call in boxing promoter Don King.

Think how slowly the agricultural world faded from dominance in dais country.

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