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Obelisk

Obelisk Meaning & Definition
Obelisk Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obelisk?

[n] a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
[n] a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

Synonyms | Synonyms for Obelisk: dagger

Related Terms | Find terms related to Obelisk: antenna tower | arch | barbican | barrow | belfry | bell tower | boundary stone | brass | bust | cairn | campanile | cenotaph | colossus | column | cromlech | cross | cup | cupola | cyclolith | derrick | dolmen | dome | fire tower | footstone | grave | gravestone | headstone | hoarstone | inscription | lantern | lighthouse | marker | martello | martello tower | mast | mausoleum | megalith | memento | memorial | memorial arch | memorial column | memorial statue | memorial stone | menhir | minaret | monolith | monument | mound | necrology | obituary | observation tower | pagoda | pilaster | pillar | pinnacle | plaque | pole | prize | pylon | pyramid | reliquary | remembrance | ribbon | rostral column | shaft | shrine | skyscraper | spire | standpipe | steeple | stela | stone | stupa | tablet | television mast | testimonial | tomb | tombstone | tope | tour | tower | trophy | turret | water tower | windmill tower

See Also | character | column | grapheme | graphic symbol | pillar | Washington Monument

Obelisk In Webster's Dictionary

\Ob"e*lisk\, n. [L. obeliscus, Gr. ?, dim. of ? a spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. ob['e]lisque.] 1. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom. 2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also {dagger} [[dagger]]. See {Dagger}, n., 2.
\Ob"e*lisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelisked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obelisking}.] To mark or designate with an obelisk.

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