stele

IPA: stˈɛɫ

noun

  • (archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
  • (archaeology, uncommon) Any carved or engraved surface.
  • (architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.
  • (botany) The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.
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Examples of "stele" in Sentences

  • The basalt stele is tall and wide.
  • An obelisk is a specialized kind of stele.
  • The Stone is a fragment of a larger stele.
  • It was recorded on a stele found in Coptos.
  • The stele is all that remains of the temple.
  • A modern stele was then erected on this site.
  • It is the largest engraved stele in the world.
  • There is a stele recording the building of the gates.
  • The stele symbolizes the national rebirth of Armenians.
  • The stele is a fragment without epigraph and it is decorated on all four sides.

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