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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