hypostyle

Meaning of hypostyle

adjective
  1. (of a building) having a roof supported by pillars, typically in several rows.
    a hypostyle hall

noun

a building having a hypostyle roof.

mid 19th century: from Greek hupostulos, from hupo ‘under’ + stulos ‘column’.

Information about hypostyle

  • The plural form of hypostyle is: hypostyles.
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Hyphenation of hypostyle

hy-postyle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • hypostyle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with hypostyle

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