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stele

[stee-lee, steel, steel, stee-lee] / ˈsti li, stil, stil, ˈsti li /
NOUN
column
Synonyms
STRONGEST
monument
STRONG
brace buttress caryatid colonnade cylinder mast minaret monolith obelisk pedestal peristyle pier pilaster post prop pylon shaft standard stay support totem tower upright
WEAK
underpinning
NOUN
memorial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ceremony headstone mausoleum plaque remembrance statue tombstone
STRONG
cairn column inscription keepsake memento monolith obelisk pillar record relic reminder shaft slab souvenir tablet token trophy
NOUN
monument
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gravestone headstone marker masterpiece mausoleum pillar shrine slab statue stone tablet testament tomb tombstone tribute
STRONG
cairn cenotaph column commemoration erection ledger memento monolith obelisk pile record reminder token tower witness
WEAK
footstone magnum opus

Example Sentences

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The room’s most impressive object is a 5th century BC carved marble stele, 8 feet tall.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

The stele was handed over to the Turkish ambassador to Italy for return to Turkey.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

This stone fragment from the Tel Dan stele dates from the ninth century BCE and was discovered in the 1990s.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In 1891 a French archaeological team uncovered a stone stele near the village of Sambor on the banks of the Mekong River, in what was then French Indochina, later to become Cambodia/Kampuchea.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2022

Mr. Brunner pointed to one of the pictures on the stele.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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