obelisk
Meaning of obelisk
noun
- a tapering stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section, set up as a monument or landmark.
- another term for obelus.
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek obeliskos, diminutive of obelos ‘pointed pillar’.
Information about obelisk
- It is a name.
- The plural form of obelisk is: obelisks.
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Hyphenation of obelisk
obelisk
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- obelisk is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
obelisk synonyms
Meaning dagger:
Meaning an upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument:
Meaning a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument:
Meaning a very fine slender piece of polished metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing:
Meaning a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar:
Meaning a large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument:
Meaning a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event:
Meaning a statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event:
Translation of obelisk
Words that rhyme with obelisk
Lisk, lisk, odalisk, delisk, flisk, glisk, basilisk, dillisk
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